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# How to pronounce "variolator" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/værɪɒlætɒr/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **va·ri·o·la·tor**
- **Parts of Speech**: noun
- **NOUN**: One who inoculates with smallpox.
  - *Example*: "Observers noted that Chinese variolators in Vietnam exhibited one or two slight variations in their practice, however, one constant factor is that they all introduced inoculum into the nasal passages."

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (4 Video Clips)

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

### Example 1
> "But after seven years, that hadn’t proved very effective in many countries. One group working to end smallpox in Afghanistan were variolators, people who aimed to deliver smallpox immunity through “variolation.” A precursor to vaccination as we know it today, variolation involves grafting smallpox scabs onto healthy people to give them a milder version of the disease, with the hopes they’d be immune afterwards."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 7:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXt42GzI1FU&t=441s)

### Example 2
> "But by working with the communities, the two groups arrived at a solution appropriate to the cultural context: performing the injections on wrists or forearms, instead of the usual place on the upper arm. Finally, when individual variolators were identified, they weren’t told off or punished, which would have encouraged the practice to continue in secret. Many were recruited to become vaccinators instead, or have their supply of scab material replaced, for free, with vaccines."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 9:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXt42GzI1FU&t=547s)

### Example 3
> "Unfortunately, this was much riskier than a modern vaccine, and in some cases caused real outbreaks of smallpox. So, in 1969, the WHO switched tactics, coordinating from the international level, down to individual variolators to help eradicate smallpox in the country. Let’s go to the Thought Bubble."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 7:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXt42GzI1FU&t=466s)

### Example 4
> "One group working to end smallpox in Afghanistan were variolators, people who aimed to deliver smallpox immunity through “variolation.” A precursor to vaccination as we know it today, variolation involves grafting smallpox scabs onto healthy people to give them a milder version of the disease, with the hopes they’d be immune afterwards. Unfortunately, this was much riskier than a modern vaccine, and in some cases caused real outbreaks of smallpox."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 7:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXt42GzI1FU&t=451s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [vacillator](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vacillator)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "variolator" correctly?
"variolator" is pronounced `/værɪɒlætɒr/`. Syllable breakdown: **va·ri·o·la·tor**.

### What does "variolator" mean in context?
One who inoculates with smallpox.

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