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# How to pronounce "pyrethroid" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/pɪrθrɔɪd/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **py·ret·hroid**
- **Parts of Speech**: noun
- **NOUN**: Any of several synthetic insecticides having a structure based on pyrethrin.

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "pyrethroid" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "When sodium enters a nerve cell, it triggers a nerve impulse. Pyrethroids bind to those sodium pores, locking them into the open position. That allows sodium to flood the cells."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 4:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFK0t9DHu1Q&t=256s)

### Example 2
> "Pyrethroids have a much bigger effect on insects than they do on larger animals like birds or mammals."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 4:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFK0t9DHu1Q&t=267s)

### Example 3
> "And it a pyrethroid, which is a synthetic analog of a toxin from a chrysanthemum flower."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 7:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW31_UU3syE&t=433s)

### Example 4
> "but also pyrethroids which is the sort of situation that bees are faced with in the field they visit multiple crop species which may have different"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-fXYR9FTfM&t=43s)

### Example 5
> "Sprayed in combination with pyrethroids, it brings the super mosquitoes back to square one where they’re vulnerable again."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 3:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_py9sqX_GA&t=204s)

### Example 6
> "There are other pyrethroids now, for example, that don’t have so many harmful side effects."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 5:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFK0t9DHu1Q&t=310s)

### Example 7
> "But the pyrethroids can’t bond to those new amino acids."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 5:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFK0t9DHu1Q&t=333s)

### Example 8
> "That makes pyrethroids, DDT included, totally useless against bed bugs."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 5:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFK0t9DHu1Q&t=335s)

### Example 9
> "There's a lot of different pyrethroids out there."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 7:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW31_UU3syE&t=440s)

### Example 10
> "And that includes common ones like pyrethroids, AKA what most malaria control depends on."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_py9sqX_GA&t=79s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [pyrethric](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pyrethric), [pyrethrin](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pyrethrin), [pyr](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pyr), [pyrabactin](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pyrabactin), [pyracanth](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pyracanth), [pyracantha](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pyracantha), [pyracanthus](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pyracanthus), [pyracarbolid](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pyracarbolid)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "pyrethroid" correctly?
"pyrethroid" is pronounced `/pɪrθrɔɪd/`. Syllable breakdown: **py·ret·hroid**.

### What does "pyrethroid" mean in context?
Any of several synthetic insecticides having a structure based on pyrethrin.

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