Apparate

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49993

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kelly <shagadelic2129 at y...>"
<shagadelic2129 at y...> wrote:
> Hi this is my first post, so bear with me! A friend and I got into a 
> discussion about the word apparate. More like an argument really. 
> Can anyone tell me how to pronounce this word? It's not on the 
> pronouciation guide on scholastic.com. I say it's app-a-rate and my 
> friend says it's ah-pa-rah-tee. I'd appreciate if someone could 
> enlighten me. Even if I'm wrong :)
> 
> Kelly

bboy_mn:

Does your friend by any chance study French?

Apparate is derived from the word 'apparition'

ap·pa·ri·tion (ap-a-rish-en) n. 1. A ghostly figure; a specter. 2. A
sudden or unusual sight. 3. The act of appearing; appearance. 
[Middle English apparicioun, from Old French apparition, from Late
Latin app³riti½, app³riti½n-, an appearance, from Latin app³ritus,
past participle of app³r¶re, to appear. See APPEAR.]

(sorry about the wierd simbols, they are the upside-down 'e' or other
accented or long/short vowels)

Note definition 3.

so the word has a common American pronunciation App-a-rate.

You win.

bboy_mn