How To Pronounce Ingenuous
ingenuous
In British English, ingenuous is pronounced /ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɪ̃nˈdʒẽn.jʷu.əs]. In American English, it is pronounced /ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs/.
Ingenuous 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
Ingenuous 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 Ingenuous
How do you pronounce ingenuous in British English?
In British English, ingenuous is pronounced /ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɪ̃nˈdʒẽn.jʷu.əs].
How do you pronounce ingenuous in American English?
In American English, ingenuous is pronounced /ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs/.
How many syllables are in ingenuous?
Ingenuous has four syllables, /ɪn/ + /dʒen/ + /ju/ + /əs/.
Where is the stress in ingenuous?
The main stress is on the second syllable, /dʒen/.
Do British and American English pronounce ingenuous the same way?
Yes. Both are /ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs/.
Other Words With The Stress Pattern oOoo
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