Environmental pronunciation
Environmental has 5 syllables. The stress is on the fourth syllable, "mehn". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.
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Environmental syllables
Environmental has 5 syllables: ihn-veye-ruhn-MEHN-tuhl.
- ihnɪn
- veyevaɪ
- ruhnrən
- MEHNmɛn
- tuhltəl
En-vy-run-MEN-tul, five syllables, main stress on "men". The n in "environ-" is easy to drop; keep it, then the m — "run-men" — so the word does not collapse to "enviromental".
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.
The v sound
Rest your top teeth on your bottom lip and add voice. Keep it distinct from w, which uses rounded lips and no teeth.
Weak syllables
The unstressed syllables use a short, relaxed uh (schwa). Rushing through them lightly is correct; giving them a full vowel sounds unnatural.
Environmental in a sentence
- The environmental report delayed the project by a year.
- Environmental groups opposed the new runway.
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What Speakeroo listens for
These are the pronunciation patterns from Speakeroo’s speech feature catalog that this target tends to expose. The check above reports the ones it hears.
- 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/.
- /v/ and /w/ confusedUse teeth-on-lip contact for /v/ and rounded lips without contact for /w/.
- 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.
Questions
How do you pronounce environmental?
Environmental is pronounced /ɪn.ˌvaɪ.rən.ˈmɛn.təl/, or ihn-veye-ruhn-MEHN-tuhl in plain letters. It has 5 syllables and the stress falls on the fourth syllable, "mehn".
How many syllables are in environmental?
5: ihn-veye-ruhn-MEHN-tuhl. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.
How do you use environmental in a sentence?
The environmental report delayed the project by a year. Environmental groups opposed the new runway.
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