How to pronounce “adjacent”
Say “adjacent” in 3 beats
adjacent
/əˈdʒeɪsənt/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɐdʒeɪsənt/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- adə
- jacdʒeɪstress
- entsənt
- IPA (American)
- /əˈdʒeɪsənt/
- IPA (British)
- /ɐdʒeɪsənt/
- Respelling
- uh-JAY-suhnt
- Syllables
- 3 — ad-JAC-ent
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: ad-JAC-ent. “jac” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/əˈdʒeɪsənt/
/ɐdʒeɪsənt/
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What “adjacent” means
- adjective
nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
“had adjacent rooms”
- adjective
having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
“Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut”
- adjective
near or close to but not necessarily touching
“lands adjacent to the mountains”
Say it in a sentence
“We parked in the field adjacent to the old church.”“adjacent”, answered
How do you pronounce “adjacent”?
“adjacent” is pronounced /əˈdʒeɪsənt/ (uh-JAY-suhnt) in American English and /ɐdʒeɪsənt/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “jac”. Build it as ad-JAC-ent, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “adjacent” have?
3: ad · jac · ent. The beat lands on the second, “jac”.
Is “adjacent” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /əˈdʒeɪsənt/ (uh-JAY-suhnt); British English says /ɐdʒeɪsənt/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “adjacent” mean?
As an adjective: nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space For example: “had adjacent rooms” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “adjacent”?
Stress the second syllable: ad-JAC-ent. “jac” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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