How To Pronounce Appreciate
appreciate
In British English, appreciate is pronounced /əˈpriː.ʃi.eɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [əˈpr̥iː.ʃi.eɪt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /əˈpriː.ʃi.eɪt/.
Appreciate 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
Appreciate 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 Appreciate
How do you pronounce appreciate in British English?
In British English, appreciate is pronounced /əˈpriː.ʃi.eɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [əˈpr̥iː.ʃi.eɪt̚].
How do you pronounce appreciate in American English?
In American English, appreciate is pronounced /əˈpriː.ʃi.eɪt/.
How many syllables are in appreciate?
Appreciate has four syllables, /ə/ + /priː/ + /ʃi/ + /eɪt/.
Where is the stress in appreciate?
The main stress is on the second syllable, /priː/.
Do British and American English pronounce appreciate the same way?
Yes. Both are /əˈpriː.ʃi.eɪt/.
Other Words With The Stress Pattern oOoo
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