To pronounce "rote", say ROT-e — 2 syllables, IPA /ɹəʊt/. Tap play below to hear it in four English accents, or practice it syllable by syllable.
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/ɹəʊt/
IPA
"rote" has 2 syllables: rot-e. It rhymes with promote and connote, if that helps it stick.
Sounds exactly like: wrote, roat — easy to mix up when writing.
noun
“He could perform by rote any of his roles in Shakespeare.”
verb
“[Volumnia to Corolianus] "Because that it lies you on to speak/ to th' people, not by your own instruction,/ Nor by th' matter which your heart prompts you,/ But with such words that are but roted in/ your tongue,..." Coriolanus III.ii.52-55”
adjective
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"Rote" has 2 syllables: rot · e.
The IPA transcription of "rote" is /ɹəʊt/.
Rote: Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.
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