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How to pronounce “rainbow”

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Pronunciation guide for rainbow

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of rainbow with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beastspurple, all of the colors of the rainbow.
Definition summary: A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.

Example 1 of 8

Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts

purple, all of the colors of the rainbow.

[Noun]
A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.
Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.
(often used with “of”) A wide assortment; a varied multitude.
(figurative) An illusion; a mirage.
(baseball) A curveball, particularly a slow one.
(soccer) A trick in which the player makes the ball arc over the opponent's head using both feet; rainbow kick
(poker slang) In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.
Rainbow trout.
(figuratively, sometimes derogatory) A person within the LGBT community.
[Adjective]
Multicolored, especially if in rainbow order.
(attributive, chiefly US) Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
(attributive) LGBT.
(poker, chiefly of a flop) Composed entirely of different suits.
(mathematics, cryptography) Of or pertaining to rainbow tables.
[Verb]
(transitive) To brighten with, or as with, a rainbow; to pattern with the colours of the rainbow.
(intransitive) To take the appearance of a rainbow.
(climbing) In climbing gyms where the rocks to climb are colored to indicate suggested climbing routes, to climb rocks of different colors, thereby ignoring such routes.