How to pronounce “alignment”
Say “alignment” in 3 beats
alignment
/əˈlaɪnmənt/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɐlaɪnmənt/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- alə
- ignlaɪnstress
- mentmənt
- IPA (American)
- /əˈlaɪnmənt/
- IPA (British)
- /ɐlaɪnmənt/
- Respelling
- uh-LYN-muhnt
- Syllables
- 3 — al-IGN-ment
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: al-IGN-ment. “ign” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/əˈlaɪnmənt/
/ɐlaɪnmənt/
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What “alignment” means
- noun
an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
- noun
the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
- noun
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
Say it in a sentence
“There was little alignment between the two departments.”“alignment”, answered
How do you pronounce “alignment”?
“alignment” is pronounced /əˈlaɪnmənt/ (uh-LYN-muhnt) in American English and /ɐlaɪnmənt/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “ign”. Build it as al-IGN-ment, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “alignment” have?
3: al · ign · ment. The beat lands on the second, “ign”.
Is “alignment” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /əˈlaɪnmənt/ (uh-LYN-muhnt); British English says /ɐlaɪnmənt/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “alignment” mean?
As a noun: an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty For example: “There was little alignment between the two departments.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “alignment”?
Stress the second syllable: al-IGN-ment. “ign” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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