How to pronounce Pandemonium?

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Pronunciation of Pandemonium in Maryland, USA

Pandemonium is pronounced as

P AE N - d eh - m oh - n ee - uh m

p sounds like the 'p' in 'pet'
ae sounds like the 'a' in 'at'
n sounds like the 'n' in 'no'
d sounds like the 'd' in 'do'
eh sounds like the 'e' in 'pet'
m sounds like the 'm' in 'me'
oh sounds like the 'o' in 'so'
ee sounds like the 'ee' in 'see'
uh sounds like the 'u' in 'up'


Pandemonium is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ P AE N - d eh - m oh - n ee - uh m ]

P AE N - d eh - m oh - n ee - uh m
pet at no   do pet   me so   no see   up me

Type of Name:

Adjective

Language:

Latin

Alternate Spelling(s):

N/A

Meaning:

(From the Oxford Dictionary of English) (noun) A wild and noisy disorder or confusion; an uproar: (ex. There was complete pandemonium-everyone just panicked.)

Additional Information:

Pandemonium's origin and roots are from mid 17th century: Modern Latin (denoting the place of all demons in Milton's "Paradise Lost"), from PAN- 'all' and Greek "daimon", 'demon'.

Nowadays, however, the word "pandemonium" is not typically used in exactly the same context, as now it is usually used to mean "an uproar involving many people" in a more positive than negative way.


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Pronunciation of Pandemonium in Maryland, USA

Pandemonium: ('PAN'- deh- moh- nee- um)

Pan rhymes with Fan, it's capitalized for emphasis

Deh has an e 'e' as in "Red" or "Fred"

Moh rhymes with "Go" or "Snow"

Nee rhymes with "Bee" or See"

Um rhymes with "Sum"


Type of Name:

Adjective

Language:

Latin

Alternate Spelling(s):

N/A

Meaning:

(From the Oxford Dictionary of English) (noun) A wild and noisy disorder or confusion; an uproar: (ex. There was complete pandemonium-everyone just panicked.)

Additional Information:

Pandemonium's origin and roots are from mid 17th century: Modern Latin (denoting the place of all demons in Milton's "Paradise Lost"), from PAN- 'all' and Greek "daimon", 'demon'.

Nowadays, however, the word "pandemonium" is not typically used in exactly the same context, as now it is usually used to mean "an uproar involving many people" in a more positive than negative way.


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