How to pronounce “addressee”
Say “addressee” in 3 beats
addressee
/ˌædɹɛˈsi/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɐdɹɛsiː/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- addæ
- resdɹɛ
- seesistress
- IPA (American)
- /ˌædɹɛˈsi/
- IPA (British)
- /ɐdɹɛsiː/
- Respelling
- a-dre-SEE
- Syllables
- 3 — add-res-SEE
- Stress
- Stress the third syllable: add-res-SEE. “see” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Legend — spelling and sound part company here
American and British are not the same here
/ˌædɹɛˈsi/
/ɐdɹɛsiː/
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What “addressee” means
- noun
one to whom something is addressed
Say it in a sentence
“The letter came back because the addressee had moved two years earlier.”“addressee”, answered
How do you pronounce “addressee”?
“addressee” is pronounced /ˌædɹɛˈsi/ (a-dre-SEE) in American English and /ɐdɹɛsiː/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “see”. Build it as add-res-SEE, then run the third syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “addressee” have?
3: add · res · see. The beat lands on the third, “see”.
Is “addressee” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˌædɹɛˈsi/ (a-dre-SEE); British English says /ɐdɹɛsiː/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “addressee” mean?
As a noun: one to whom something is addressed For example: “The letter came back because the addressee had moved two years earlier.”
Where is the stress in “addressee”?
Stress the third syllable: add-res-SEE. “see” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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