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Pronunciation

How to pronounce “anemone”

“anemone” is pronounced /əˈnɛməni/ (uh-NEM-uh-nee) — 4 syllables, stressed on “em”.
The sound

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anemone

/əˈnɛməni/

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4 beats
  1. anə
  2. emnɛstress
  3. onmə
  4. eni
IPA (American)
/əˈnɛməni/
IPA (British)
/əˈnɛməni/
Respelling
uh-NEM-uh-nee
Syllables
4 — an-EM-on-e
Stress
Stress the second syllable: an-EM-on-e. “em” 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
Watch out

Where “anemone” goes wrong

  • Often heard

    “uh-NEM-uh-nee-nee”

    there are four syllables, not five; say NEM once and finish on -uh-nee

  • Often heard

    “AN-uh-mohn”/ˈænɪmoʊn/

    the stress is on the second syllable and the ending rhymes with money

Meaning

What “anemone” means

  1. noun

    any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves

  2. noun

    marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton

Say it in a sentence

“A sea anemone closed slowly as the tide went out.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

5 sounds, in the order you say them
əschwa×2nn×2ɛshort emmilong e

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Questions

“anemone”, answered

How do you pronounce “anemone”?

“anemone” is pronounced /əˈnɛməni/ (uh-NEM-uh-nee) — 4 syllables, stressed on “em”. Build it as an-EM-on-e, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “anemone” have?

4: an · em · on · e. The beat lands on the second, “em”. Read letter by letter it looks like 5 (uh-NEM-uh-nee-nee), and that careful version is not wrong — but ordinary speech runs it to 4.

What does “anemone” mean?

As a noun: any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves For example: “A sea anemone closed slowly as the tide went out.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “anemone”?

Stress the second syllable: an-EM-on-e. “em” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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