How to pronounce “arbitrage”
Say “arbitrage” in 3 beats
arbitrage
/ˈɑɹbɪˌtɹɑʒ/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɑːbɪtɹɪdʒ/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- ɑɹɑɹstress
- bɪbɪ
- tɹɑʒtɹɑʒ
- IPA (American)
- /ˈɑɹbɪˌtɹɑʒ/
- IPA (British)
- /ɑːbɪtɹɪdʒ/
- Respelling
- AHR-bi-trahzh
- Syllables
- 3 — Ɑɹ-bɪ-tɹɑʒ
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: Ɑɹ-bɪ-tɹɑʒ. “ɑɹ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Difficulty
- Legend — spelling and sound part company here
American and British are not the same here
/ˈɑɹbɪˌtɹɑʒ/
/ɑːbɪtɹɪdʒ/
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What “arbitrage” means
- noun
a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
- verb
practice arbitrage, as in the stock market
Say it in a sentence
“The opportunity for arbitrage closed within minutes.”“arbitrage”, answered
How do you pronounce “arbitrage”?
“arbitrage” is pronounced /ˈɑɹbɪˌtɹɑʒ/ (AHR-bi-trahzh) in American English and /ɑːbɪtɹɪdʒ/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “ɑɹ”. Build it as Ɑɹ-bɪ-tɹɑʒ, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “arbitrage” have?
3: ɑɹ · bɪ · tɹɑʒ. The beat lands on the first, “ɑɹ”.
Is “arbitrage” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈɑɹbɪˌtɹɑʒ/ (AHR-bi-trahzh); British English says /ɑːbɪtɹɪdʒ/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “arbitrage” mean?
As a noun: a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price For example: “The opportunity for arbitrage closed within minutes.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “arbitrage”?
Stress the first syllable: Ɑɹ-bɪ-tɹɑʒ. “ɑɹ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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