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‘Family’ can be three syllables, but most Americans will pronounce it as two syllables.
This week’s “word of the week” is ‘every’. It’s a two syllable word with stress on the first syllable. DA-da, every. It looks like it might be a three syllable word Ev-er-y but it’s not, only two syllables.
Closed Syllables in Multisyllable Words
Let’s look at a multi-syllable word, “fantastic.” This is a three-syllable word.
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Word | Rhyme rating | Categories |
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clammily | 100 | Adverb |
familie | 100 | Noun |
multifamily | 100 | Adjective |
Amalie | 100 | Name |
State | Syllable Count |
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New York | 2 |
North Carolina | 5 |
North Dakota | 4 |
Ohio | 3 |
“All words have syllables. A word might have one, two, or even more syllables.” “Reading has two syllables: read (clap)—ing (clap).” To demonstrate, clap as you say each syllable.
The answer may well be that it’s one syllable in British English and two in American English and perhaps other dialects.
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Daughter: daugh/ter ( two syllables) 5.
noun. spring·time | \ ˈspriŋ-ˌtīm \
In this American English pronunciation video, we’re going to go over the pronunciation of the phrase “I’m coming.” This is a three-syllable phrase, with stress on the second syllable. See my video on three-syllable phrases, click here or in the video description. I’m coming, da-DA-da.
teaghlach m (genitive singular teaghlaigh, nominative plural teaghlaigh) immediate family. household.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuMM0a26NiE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5gBSMFVuGo
/ˈkæn. əl.i/ in a way that shows quick and clever thinking, especially about business or financial matters: They cannily backed out of the agreement just in time.
Word | Rhyme rating | ♫ |
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kissed her | 100 | ♫ |
mister | 100 | ♫ |
blister | 100 | ♫ |
missed her | 100 | ♫ |
Word | Rhyme rating | Categories |
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knife | 100 | Noun |
strife | 100 | Noun |
rife | 100 | Adjective |
fife | 100 | Noun |
Maine is the only U.S. state whose name has only one syllable.
Country | % Correct |
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Canada | 73.2% |
Mexico | 70.5% |
Germany | 67.1% |
Italy | 64.1% |
Green has 2 syllables. The tonic syllable of Green is Gre. Green does not have dipthong.
Closed last year. So there are many words in which one syllable gets reduced. For example, chocolate could be pronounced as CHO-KO-LATE but instead it’s pronounced as CHOK-LATE, it’s now 2 syllable word.
Word | Rhyme rating | Categories |
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flowers | 100 | Noun |
ours | 100 | Adjective |
towers | 100 | Noun |
showers | 100 | Noun |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHghArMoExY
Syllable Definition for Kids
A syllable is a single, unbroken vowel sound within a spoken word. They typically contain a vowel or two if one is silent, and perhaps one or more accompanying consonants. So syllables are always A, E, I, O, U or sometimes Y when it makes a vowel sound.
Record the time in milliseconds (ms). Divide by 1000 to convert to seconds (1000 ms = 1 sec). Report the number of syllables per second for each of the three utterances and then report the average.
Daughter, it’s the first syllable that is stressed.