acrobat
pronunciation
How to pronounce acrobat in British English:
UK [ˈækrəbæt]
How to pronounce acrobat in American English:
US [ˈækrəˌbæt]
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- Noun:
- an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination
Word Origin
- acrobat
- acrobat: [19] The Greek adjective ákros meant ‘topmost, at the tip or extremity’ (it derives ultimately from the Indo-European base *akmeaning ‘be pointed or sharp’, which also gave rise to acid, acute, oxygen, and edge). It crops up in acrophobia ‘fear of heights’; in acropolis ‘citadel’, literally ‘upper city’; in acromegaly ‘unnaturally enlarged condition of the hands, feet, and face’, literally ‘large extremities’; and in acronym, literally ‘word formed from the tips of words’. Acrobat itself means literally ‘walking on tiptoe’.The -bat morpheme comes from Greek baínein ‘walk’, which is closely related to basis and base, and is also connected with come. Akrobátēs existed as a term in Greek, and reached English via French acrobate.=> acid, acute, edge, oxygen
- acrobat (n.)
- 1825, from French acrobate (14c.), "tightrope-walker," and directly from Greek akrobates "rope dancer, gymnastic performer," which is related to akrobatos "going on tip-toe, climbing up high," from akros "topmost, at the point end" (see acrid) + stem of bainein "walk, go" (see come).
Synonym
Example
- 1. He is going to be a great acrobat .
- 2. Now the page open action will start the rma on that page and acrobat won 't complain .
- 3. You 're a solid one , you are . A real acrobat 's body .
- 4. Later he became an acrobat .
- 5. Have you ever seen an acrobat ?