quintessence
/kwɪnˈtɛs(ə)ns/
US pronunciation
American sound/kwɪnˈtɛs(ə)ns/
kwɪnˈtɛsəns
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Final e often stays silent
kwɪn - ˈtɛsəns -> quintessence
Myanmar meaning
(n) အနှစ်သာရ။ (အရည်အသွေးတစ်ရပ်နှင့် ပတ်သက်၍) စံနမူနာပြ။
Full entry
quintessence / kwÇn'tesns / n [sing] the ~ of sth (fml )
၁။ အနှစ်သာရ။ a painting that captures the quintessence of Viennese elegance.
၂။ (အရည်အသွေးတစ်ရပ်နှင့် ပတ်သက်၍) စံနမူနာပြ။ She was the quintessence of hospitality.
❏ quintessential / kwÇntÇ'senʃl / adj စံပြုလောက်သော။ quintessential beauty.
❏ quintessentially / -ʃǝli / adv အနှစ်သာရအားဖြင့်။ a sense of humour that is quintessentially British.
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