How to pronounce “antibiotic”
Say “antibiotic” in 5 beats
antibiotic
/ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /antɪbaɪɒtɪk/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- ænæn
- titi
- baɪbaɪ
- ɑɑstress
- tɪktɪk
- IPA (American)
- /ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk/
- IPA (British)
- /antɪbaɪɒtɪk/
- Also accepted
- /ˌæntaɪbaɪˈɑtɪk/
- Respelling
- an-tee-by-AH-tik
- Syllables
- 5 — æn-ti-baɪ-Ɑ-tɪk
- Stress
- Stress the fourth syllable: æn-ti-baɪ-Ɑ-tɪk. “ɑ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun, adjective
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk/
/antɪbaɪɒtɪk/
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What “antibiotic” means
- noun
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections
“when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs”
- adjective
of or relating to antibiotic drugs
Say it in a sentence
“An antibiotic cleared the infection in five days.”“antibiotic”, answered
How do you pronounce “antibiotic”?
“antibiotic” is pronounced /ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk/ (an-tee-by-AH-tik) in American English and /antɪbaɪɒtɪk/ in British English, and /ˌæntaɪbaɪˈɑtɪk/ is also accepted — 5 syllables, stressed on “ɑ”. Build it as æn-ti-baɪ-Ɑ-tɪk, then run the fourth syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “antibiotic” have?
5: æn · ti · baɪ · ɑ · tɪk. The beat lands on the fourth, “ɑ”.
Is “antibiotic” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk/ (an-tee-by-AH-tik); British English says /antɪbaɪɒtɪk/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “antibiotic” mean?
As a noun: a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections For example: “when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “antibiotic”?
Stress the fourth syllable: æn-ti-baɪ-Ɑ-tɪk. “ɑ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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