How to pronounce “broadband”
Say “broadband” in 2 beats
broadband
/ˈbɹɔdˌbænd/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /bɹɔːdband/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- broadbɹɔdstress
- bandbænd
- IPA (American)
- /ˈbɹɔdˌbænd/
- IPA (British)
- /bɹɔːdband/
- Respelling
- BRAWD-band
- Syllables
- 2 — BROAD-band
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: BROAD-band. “broad” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/ˈbɹɔdˌbænd/
/bɹɔːdband/
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What “broadband” means
- adjective
of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video)
- adjective
responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies
“a broadband antenna”
Say it in a sentence
“Broadband finally reached the village two years ago.”“broadband”, answered
How do you pronounce “broadband”?
“broadband” is pronounced /ˈbɹɔdˌbænd/ (BRAWD-band) in American English and /bɹɔːdband/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “broad”. Build it as BROAD-band, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “broadband” have?
2: broad · band. The beat lands on the first, “broad”.
Is “broadband” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈbɹɔdˌbænd/ (BRAWD-band); British English says /bɹɔːdband/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “broadband” mean?
As an adjective: of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video) For example: “Broadband finally reached the village two years ago.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “broadband”?
Stress the first syllable: BROAD-band. “broad” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
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