How To Pronounce Experience
experience
In British English, experience is pronounced /ɪkˈspɪə.ri.əns/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɪkˈspɪə.ri.ə̃ns]. In American English, it is pronounced /ɪkˈspɪr.i.əns/.
Experience 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
Experience 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 Experience
How do you pronounce experience in British English?
In British English, experience is pronounced /ɪkˈspɪə.ri.əns/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɪkˈspɪə.ri.ə̃ns].
How do you pronounce experience in American English?
In American English, experience is pronounced /ɪkˈspɪr.i.əns/.
How many syllables are in experience?
Experience has four syllables, /ɪk/ + /spɪə/ + /ri/ + /əns/.
Where is the stress in experience?
The main stress is on the second syllable, /spɪə/.
Do British and American English pronounce experience the same way?
No. British English has /ɪkˈspɪə.ri.əns/ and American English has /ɪkˈspɪr.i.əns/.
Other Words With The Stress Pattern oOoo
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