How to pronounce “assemble”
Say “assemble” in 3 beats
assemble
/əˈsɛmbəl/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɐsɛmbəl/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- asə
- sembsɛmstress
- lebəl
- IPA (American)
- /əˈsɛmbəl/
- IPA (British)
- /ɐsɛmbəl/
- Respelling
- uh-SEM-buhl
- Syllables
- 3 — as-SEMB-le
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: as-SEMB-le. “semb” 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
American and British are not the same here
/əˈsɛmbəl/
/ɐsɛmbəl/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “assemble” means
- verb
create by putting components or members together
“She pieced a quilt”
- verb
collect in one place
“We assembled in the church basement”
- verb
get people together
“assemble your colleagues”
Say it in a sentence
“It took a whole afternoon to assemble the shelves from the kit.”“assemble”, answered
How do you pronounce “assemble”?
“assemble” is pronounced /əˈsɛmbəl/ (uh-SEM-buhl) in American English and /ɐsɛmbəl/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “semb”. Build it as as-SEMB-le, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “assemble” have?
3: as · semb · le. The beat lands on the second, “semb”.
Is “assemble” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /əˈsɛmbəl/ (uh-SEM-buhl); British English says /ɐsɛmbəl/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “assemble” mean?
As a verb: create by putting components or members together For example: “She pieced a quilt” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “assemble”?
Stress the second syllable: as-SEMB-le. “semb” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Now say “assemble” and see every sound
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