vis-fek-torvukh

lacrosse

Part of speech

Pronunciation

/visfɛktoɾvux/

Sound out vis-fek-torvukh letter by letter:

• v/v/v as in 'van'
• i/i/ee as in 'see'
• s/s/s as in 'sun'
• f/f/f as in 'far'
• e/ɛ/e as in 'bet'
• k/k/k as in 'skate' (no puff of air)
• t/t/t as in 'stop' (no puff of air)
• o/o/o as in 'go'
• r/ɾ/lightly tapped r, as in Spanish 'pero'
• v/v/v as in 'van'
• u/u/oo as in 'food'
• kh/x/harsh h, as in Scottish 'loch' or German 'Bach'

a game in which two teams throw and catch a ball using long sticks with nets at the end, and try to score goals