How To Pronounce Evacuate
evacuate
In British English, evacuate is pronounced /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɪˈvæk.jʷu.eɪt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/.
Evacuate 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
Evacuate 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 Evacuate
How do you pronounce evacuate in British English?
In British English, evacuate is pronounced /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɪˈvæk.jʷu.eɪt̚].
How do you pronounce evacuate in American English?
In American English, evacuate is pronounced /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/.
How many syllables are in evacuate?
Evacuate has four syllables, /ɪ/ + /væk/ + /ju/ + /eɪt/.
Where is the stress in evacuate?
The main stress is on the second syllable, /væk/.
Do British and American English pronounce evacuate the same way?
Yes. Both are /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/.
Other Words With The Stress Pattern oOoo
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