How To Pronounce Vegetable
vegetable
In British English, vegetable is pronounced /ˈvedʒ.tə.bəl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈvedʒ.tə.bl̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈvedʒ.tə.bəl/.
Vegetable 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
Vegetable 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.
Questions About Vegetable
How do you pronounce vegetable in British English?
In British English, vegetable is pronounced /ˈvedʒ.tə.bəl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈvedʒ.tə.bl̩].
How do you pronounce vegetable in American English?
In American English, vegetable is pronounced /ˈvedʒ.tə.bəl/.
How many syllables are in vegetable?
Vegetable has three syllables, /vedʒ/ + /tə/ + /bəl/.
Where is the stress in vegetable?
The main stress is on the first syllable, /vedʒ/.
Do British and American English pronounce vegetable the same way?
Yes. Both are /ˈvedʒ.tə.bəl/.
Other Words With The Stress Pattern Ooo
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