How To Pronounce Enjoyable
enjoyable
In British English, enjoyable is pronounced /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ.ə.bəl/ or /ɪnˈdʒɔɪə.bəl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɪ̃nˈdʒʷɔɪ.ə.bl̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ.ə.bəl/.
Enjoyable 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
Enjoyable 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 Enjoyable
How do you pronounce enjoyable in British English?
In British English, enjoyable is pronounced /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ.ə.bəl/ or /ɪnˈdʒɔɪə.bəl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɪ̃nˈdʒʷɔɪ.ə.bl̩].
How do you pronounce enjoyable in American English?
In American English, enjoyable is pronounced /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ.ə.bəl/.
How many syllables are in enjoyable?
Enjoyable has four syllables, /ɪn/ + /dʒɔɪ/ + /ə/ + /bəl/.
Where is the stress in enjoyable?
The main stress is on the second syllable, /dʒɔɪ/.
Do British and American English pronounce enjoyable the same way?
Yes. Both are /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ.ə.bəl/.
Other Words With The Stress Pattern oOoo
Nearby Words
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