How to pronounce “campaign”
Say “campaign” in 2 beats
campaign
/kæmˈpeɪn/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /kampeɪn/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- camkæm
- paignpeɪnstress
- IPA (American)
- /kæmˈpeɪn/
- IPA (British)
- /kampeɪn/
- Respelling
- kam-PAYN
- Syllables
- 2 — cam-PAIGN
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: cam-PAIGN. “paign” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Difficulty
- Beginner — most learners get this on the first take
American and British are not the same here
/kæmˈpeɪn/
/kampeɪn/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “campaign” means
- noun
a race between candidates for elective office
“I managed his campaign for governor”
- noun
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
“he supported populist campaigns”
- noun
several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints)
Say it in a sentence
“The campaign to save the pool collected four thousand signatures.”“campaign”, answered
How do you pronounce “campaign”?
“campaign” is pronounced /kæmˈpeɪn/ (kam-PAYN) in American English and /kampeɪn/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “paign”. Build it as cam-PAIGN, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “campaign” have?
2: cam · paign. The beat lands on the second, “paign”.
Is “campaign” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /kæmˈpeɪn/ (kam-PAYN); British English says /kampeɪn/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “campaign” mean?
As a noun: a race between candidates for elective office For example: “I managed his campaign for governor” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “campaign”?
Stress the second syllable: cam-PAIGN. “paign” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
Now say “campaign” and see every sound
Record it once and sayit lines your audio up against the target sound by sound — what landed, what slipped, and what it sounded like instead.