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How to pronounce “illegitimate”
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Pronunciation guide for illegitimate
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of illegitimate with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Belle
She says illegitimate.
- Definition summary
- Not conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce illegitimate
Belle
She says illegitimate.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “illegitimate”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Not conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards.
- Not in accordance with the law.
- Not sanctioned by marriage.
- Not correctly deduced.
- Not authorized by good usage; not genuine.
- (botany) Involving the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers.
- [Noun]
- A person born to unmarried parents.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To make illegitimate.
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