Proper Pronunciation Guide
archetype
[ɑ͜ɚ kə tɑ͜ip]
Tips:
- Pronounce the first syllable like the word “are” and stress it.
- Pronounce the letters “ch” as /k/.
- Pronounce the first letter “e” as the weak schwa vowel /ə/.
- Pronounce the letter “y” like the name of the letter “i”—/ɑ͜i/—so that the final syllable is pronunced like the word “type” just as it is spelled.
Practice Sentence:
His role in the new play was the archetype of the stern, authoritative father. |
Definition:
(noun) The original pattern or model on which all things of that type are based or which is copied; a prototype. In Jungian psychology, a universal, unconscious image, idea, or pattern of thought that is inherited and present in individual psyches.