How to pronounce “calories”
Say “calories” in 3 beats
calories
/ˈkælɚiz/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /kaləɹiz/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- calkæstress
- orlɚ
- iesiz
- IPA (American)
- /ˈkælɚiz/
- IPA (British)
- /kaləɹiz/
- Respelling
- KA-luh-eez
- Syllables
- 3 — CAL-or-ies
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: CAL-or-ies. “cal” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/ˈkælɚiz/
/kaləɹiz/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “calories” means
- noun
a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
- noun
unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
Say it in a sentence
“He counts calories carefully during the training season.”“calories”, answered
How do you pronounce “calories”?
“calories” is pronounced /ˈkælɚiz/ (KA-luh-eez) in American English and /kaləɹiz/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “cal”. Build it as CAL-or-ies, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “calories” have?
3: cal · or · ies. The beat lands on the first, “cal”.
Is “calories” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈkælɚiz/ (KA-luh-eez); British English says /kaləɹiz/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “calories” mean?
As a noun: a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food For example: “He counts calories carefully during the training season.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “calories”?
Stress the first syllable: CAL-or-ies. “cal” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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