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How to pronounce “apologise”

“apologise” is pronounced /əˈpɑləˌdʒaɪz/ (uh-PAH-luh-jyz) in American English and /ɐpɒlədʒaɪz/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “pɑ”.
The sound

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apologise

/əˈpɑləˌdʒaɪz/

The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɐpɒlədʒaɪz/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.

4 beats
  1. əə
  2. pɑpɑstress
  3. lələ
  4. dʒaɪzdʒaɪz
IPA (American)
/əˈpɑləˌdʒaɪz/
IPA (British)
/ɐpɒlədʒaɪz/
Respelling
uh-PAH-luh-jyz
Syllables
4 — ə-PⱭ-lə-dʒaɪz
Stress
Stress the second syllable: ə-PⱭ-lə-dʒaɪz. “pɑ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Part of speech
verb
Difficulty
Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/əˈpɑləˌdʒaɪz/

British

/ɐpɒlədʒaɪz/

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Meaning

What “apologise” means

  1. verb

    defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

    “rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior”

  2. verb

    acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing

    “I apologized for being late”

Say it in a sentence

“He did apologise, though it took him three days.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

7 sounds, in the order you say them
əschwa×2ppɑahlldʒjaɪlong izz

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Questions

“apologise”, answered

How do you pronounce “apologise”?

“apologise” is pronounced /əˈpɑləˌdʒaɪz/ (uh-PAH-luh-jyz) in American English and /ɐpɒlədʒaɪz/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “pɑ”. Build it as ə-PⱭ-lə-dʒaɪz, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “apologise” have?

4: ə · pɑ · lə · dʒaɪz. The beat lands on the second, “pɑ”.

Is “apologise” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /əˈpɑləˌdʒaɪz/ (uh-PAH-luh-jyz); British English says /ɐpɒlədʒaɪz/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “apologise” mean?

As a verb: defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning For example: “rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “apologise”?

Stress the second syllable: ə-PⱭ-lə-dʒaɪz. “pɑ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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