How to pronounce “aggrandise”
Say “aggrandise” in 3 beats
aggrandise
/əˈɡɹænˌdaɪz/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /əˈɡɹandaɪz/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- əə
- ɡɹænɡɹænstress
- daɪzdaɪz
- IPA (American)
- /əˈɡɹænˌdaɪz/
- IPA (British)
- /əˈɡɹandaɪz/
- Respelling
- uh-GRAN-dyze
- Syllables
- 3 — ə-ꞬɹÆN-daɪz
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: ə-ꞬɹÆN-daɪz. “ɡɹæn” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Difficulty
- Legend — spelling and sound part company here
American and British are not the same here
/əˈɡɹænˌdaɪz/
/əˈɡɹandaɪz/
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Where “aggrandise” goes wrong
- Often heard
“AG-ran-dyze”
the stress is on GRAN, the second syllable
What “aggrandise” means
- verb
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Say it in a sentence
“The new wing did little except aggrandise the family name.”“aggrandise”, answered
How do you pronounce “aggrandise”?
“aggrandise” is pronounced /əˈɡɹænˌdaɪz/ (uh-GRAN-dyze) in American English and /əˈɡɹandaɪz/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “ɡɹæn”. Build it as ə-ꞬɹÆN-daɪz, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “aggrandise” have?
3: ə · ɡɹæn · daɪz. The beat lands on the second, “ɡɹæn”.
Is “aggrandise” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /əˈɡɹænˌdaɪz/ (uh-GRAN-dyze); British English says /əˈɡɹandaɪz/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “aggrandise” mean?
As a verb: add details to For example: “The new wing did little except aggrandise the family name.”
Where is the stress in “aggrandise”?
Stress the second syllable: ə-ꞬɹÆN-daɪz. “ɡɹæn” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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