How To Pronounce Exaggerate
exaggerate
UK
Phonemic
/ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪt/
Phonetic
[ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪt̚]
US
Phonemic
/ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪt/
In British English, exaggerate is pronounced /ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪt/.
Exaggerate 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.
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