How To Pronounce Facilitate
facilitate
In British English, facilitate is pronounced /fəˈsɪl.ɪ.teɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [fəˈsɪl.ɪ.teɪt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /fəˈsɪl.ə.t̯eɪt/.
Facilitate 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
Facilitate 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 Facilitate
How do you pronounce facilitate in British English?
In British English, facilitate is pronounced /fəˈsɪl.ɪ.teɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [fəˈsɪl.ɪ.teɪt̚].
How do you pronounce facilitate in American English?
In American English, facilitate is pronounced /fəˈsɪl.ə.t̯eɪt/.
How many syllables are in facilitate?
Facilitate has four syllables, /fə/ + /sɪl/ + /ɪ/ + /teɪt/.
Where is the stress in facilitate?
The main stress is on the second syllable, /sɪl/.
Do British and American English pronounce facilitate the same way?
No. British English has /fəˈsɪl.ɪ.teɪt/ and American English has /fəˈsɪl.ə.t̯eɪt/.
Other Words With The Stress Pattern oOoo
Nearby Words
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