How do the British pronounce hyperbole?
Below is the UK transcription for ‘hyperbole‘: Modern IPA: hɑjpə́ːbəlɪj. Traditional IPA: haɪˈpɜːbəliː 4 syllables: “hy” + “PUR” + “buh” + “lee”
Are there two ways to pronounce hyperbole?
It should sound just like the word bowl, right? Nope. Instead it’s two syllables: buh-lee . The word comes to English directly from Latin, but the Latin word is from a Greek word that has one crucial visual difference.
How do you say hyperbole in the United States?
What does hyperbole mean?
Hyperbole (/haɪˈpɜːrbəli/, listen) (adjective form hyperbolic, listen) is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. In rhetoric, it is also sometimes known as auxesis (literally ‘growth’).