How To Pronounce Museum
museum
In British English, museum is pronounced /mjuːˈziː.əm/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [mjʷuːˈziː.ə̃m]. In American English, it is pronounced /mjuːˈziː.əm/.
Museum has three 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
Museum has three syllables in British English, and the main stress is on the second syllable, shown in colour above. Its stress pattern is oOo, where O is the stressed syllable.
Questions About Museum
How do you pronounce museum in British English?
In British English, museum is pronounced /mjuːˈziː.əm/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [mjʷuːˈziː.ə̃m].
How do you pronounce museum in American English?
In American English, museum is pronounced /mjuːˈziː.əm/.
How many syllables are in museum?
Museum has three syllables, /mjuː/ + /ziː/ + /əm/.
Where is the stress in museum?
The main stress is on the second syllable, /ziː/.
Do British and American English pronounce museum the same way?
Yes. Both are /mjuːˈziː.əm/.
Other Words With The Stress Pattern oOo
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