How To Pronounce Accelerate
accelerate
In British English, accelerate is pronounced /ækˈsel.ə.reɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ækˈsel.ə.reɪt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ækˈsel.ə.reɪt/.
Accelerate has four syllables, and the main stress falls on the second syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.
Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.
Syllables, Stress And Endings
Syllables And Stress
Accelerate has four syllables in British English, and the main stress is on the second syllable, shown in colour above. Its stress pattern is oOoo, where O is the stressed syllable.
Questions About Accelerate
How do you pronounce accelerate in British English?
In British English, accelerate is pronounced /ækˈsel.ə.reɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ækˈsel.ə.reɪt̚].
How do you pronounce accelerate in American English?
In American English, accelerate is pronounced /ækˈsel.ə.reɪt/.
How many syllables are in accelerate?
Accelerate has four syllables, /æk/ + /sel/ + /ə/ + /reɪt/.
Where is the stress in accelerate?
The main stress is on the second syllable, /sel/.
Do British and American English pronounce accelerate the same way?
Yes. Both are /ækˈsel.ə.reɪt/.
Other Words With The Stress Pattern oOoo
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