How To Pronounce Adept
adept
In British English, adept is pronounced /əˈdept/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [əˈdept̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /əˈdept/.
Adept has two 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
Adept has two syllables in British English, and the main stress is on the second syllable, shown in colour above. Its stress pattern is oO, where O is the stressed syllable.
Words That Rhyme With Adept
Questions About Adept
How do you pronounce adept in British English?
In British English, adept is pronounced /əˈdept/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [əˈdept̚].
How do you pronounce adept in American English?
In American English, adept is pronounced /əˈdept/.
How many syllables are in adept?
Adept has two syllables, /ə/ + /dept/.
Where is the stress in adept?
The main stress is on the second syllable, /dept/.
Do British and American English pronounce adept the same way?
Yes. Both are /əˈdept/.
Other Words With The Stress Pattern oO
Nearby Words
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