How To Pronounce Prescience
prescience
How To Say Prescience Phonetically
Say the part in capitals loudest. This plain spelling is a guide; the IPA above is exact.
In British English, prescience is pronounced /ˈpriː.ʃi.əns/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈpr̥iː.ʃi.ə̃ns]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈpriː.ʃi.əns/.
Prescience has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the first 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
Prescience has three syllables in British English, and the main stress is on the first syllable, shown in colour above. Its stress pattern is Ooo, where O is the stressed syllable.
Transcription Tips For Prescience
- Rule 3
Mark The Stressed Syllable
When a word has more than one syllable, the primary stress marker must be placed before the stressed syllable. It is wrong to write /lɔː.jə/ without the stress marker.
lawyer /ˈlɔː.jə/
Here. Prescience /ˈpriː.ʃi.əns/
- Rule 7
Stress Mark Replaces The Dot
Do not place a syllable boundary marker where the stress marker appears. /ðeɪ.ə.naʊ.ˈhɪə/ is not acceptable.
They are now here /ðeɪ.ə.naʊˈhɪə/
Here. Prescience /ˈpriː.ʃi.əns/
Questions About Prescience
How do you say prescience phonetically?
Prescience sounds like PREE-shee-uhns in British English, and the same in American English. The part in capitals is stressed.
How do you pronounce prescience in British English?
In British English, prescience is pronounced /ˈpriː.ʃi.əns/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈpr̥iː.ʃi.ə̃ns].
How do you pronounce prescience in American English?
In American English, prescience is pronounced /ˈpriː.ʃi.əns/.
How many syllables are in prescience?
Prescience has three syllables, /priː/ + /ʃi/ + /əns/.
Where is the stress in prescience?
The main stress is on the first syllable, /priː/.
Do British and American English pronounce prescience the same way?
Yes. Both are /ˈpriː.ʃi.əns/.
Syllables And Tree Diagram Of Prescience
Prescience has three syllables. See how prescience divides into syllables, its syllable structure and its tree diagram in the Adroit Phonology App.
Other Words With The Stress Pattern Ooo
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