Entrepreneurial pronunciation
Entrepreneurial has 6 syllables. The stress is on the fourth syllable, "nur". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.
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Entrepreneurial syllables
Entrepreneurial has 6 syllables: ahnt-ruh-pruh-NUR-ee-uhl.
- ahntɑnt
- ruhrə
- pruhprə
- NURnɝ
- eei
- uhləl
Six syllables. Stress "nur": on-truh-pruh-NUR-ee-ul.
Sounds to watch
The r sound
Pull the tongue back and up without touching the roof of the mouth. American r is never rolled or tapped.
The l sound
Touch the tongue tip to the ridge behind your top teeth. At the end of a syllable the l is darker and the back of the tongue rises.
Weak syllables
The unstressed syllables use a short, relaxed uh (schwa). Rushing through them lightly is correct; giving them a full vowel sounds unnatural.
Consonant clusters
Three consonants run together with no vowel between them. Say them as one movement rather than inserting an "uh"; slowing down is fine, adding a vowel is not.
Entrepreneurial in a sentence
- The course teaches entrepreneurial skills to engineers.
- Her entrepreneurial streak showed early, selling lemonade at eight.
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- Stress placed on the wrong syllableMake the correct syllable longer, clearer and more prominent.
- /r/ and /l/ confusedTouch the ridge behind the teeth for /l/ but avoid tongue contact for /r/.
- Final /l/ unclearKeep tongue-tip contact while raising the back of the tongue for a clear final /l/.
- Final consonant omittedHold the final mouth position briefly without adding another vowel.
- Consonant cluster reducedBuild the cluster one sound at a time without deleting a member.
Questions
How do you pronounce entrepreneurial?
Entrepreneurial is pronounced /ˌɑnt.rə.prə.ˈnɝ.i.əl/, or ahnt-ruh-pruh-NUR-ee-uhl in plain letters. It has 6 syllables and the stress falls on the fourth syllable, "nur".
How many syllables are in entrepreneurial?
6: ahnt-ruh-pruh-NUR-ee-uhl. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.
How do you use entrepreneurial in a sentence?
The course teaches entrepreneurial skills to engineers. Her entrepreneurial streak showed early, selling lemonade at eight.
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