How To Pronounce Evaporate
evaporate
In British English, evaporate is pronounced /ɪˈvæp.ər.eɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɪˈvæp.ər.eɪt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ɪˈvæp.ə.reɪt/.
Evaporate has four syllables, and the main stress falls on the second syllable. The British and American pronunciations are different, so listen to both.
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
Evaporate 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 Evaporate
How do you pronounce evaporate in British English?
In British English, evaporate is pronounced /ɪˈvæp.ər.eɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɪˈvæp.ər.eɪt̚].
How do you pronounce evaporate in American English?
In American English, evaporate is pronounced /ɪˈvæp.ə.reɪt/.
How many syllables are in evaporate?
Evaporate has four syllables, /ɪ/ + /væp/ + /ər/ + /eɪt/.
Where is the stress in evaporate?
The main stress is on the second syllable, /væp/.
Do British and American English pronounce evaporate the same way?
No. British English has /ɪˈvæp.ər.eɪt/ and American English has /ɪˈvæp.ə.reɪt/.
Other Words With The Stress Pattern oOoo
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