vishizh-shek(-tukh)
vishizh-shek(-tukh) is a word in Vulcan meaning ‘cast iron’.
Meaning
cast iron
Pronunciation
Sound out vishizh-shek(-tukh) letter by letter:
- vvv as in 'van'
- iiee as in 'see'
- shʃsh as in 'shoe'
- iiee as in 'see'
- zhʒs as in 'measure'
- shʃsh as in 'shoe'
- eɛe as in 'bet'
- kkk as in 'skate' (no puff of air)
- ttt as in 'stop' (no puff of air)
- uuoo as in 'food'
- khxharsh h, as in Scottish 'loch' or German 'Bach'
Usage notes
an alloy of iron containing so much carbon that it is brittle and so cannot be wrought but must be shaped by casting