Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ventriloquism

/vɛnˈtɹɪloʊˌkwɪzəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: ven-tril-o-quism
IPA: /vɛnˈtɹɪloʊˌkwɪzəm/

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English ventriloquy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English ventriloquism From ventriloquy + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ventriloquisms (plural)

Synonyms

biloquism ventrilocution ventriloquy

Questions

How do you pronounce ventriloquism?: The recorded pronunciation is /vɛnˈtɹɪloʊˌkwɪzəm/.
What does ventriloquism mean?: The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.
Where does ventriloquism come from?: Etymology tree English ventriloquy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English ventriloquism From ventriloquy + -ism.

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