How to pronounce “ceremony”
Say “ceremony” in 4 beats
ceremony
/ˈsɛɹəˌmoʊni/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /sɛɹɪməni/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- cersɛstress
- emɹə
- onmoʊ
- yni
- IPA (American)
- /ˈsɛɹəˌmoʊni/
- IPA (British)
- /sɛɹɪməni/
- Respelling
- SE-ruh-moh-nee
- Syllables
- 4 — CER-em-on-y
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: CER-em-on-y. “cer” 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
/ˈsɛɹəˌmoʊni/
/sɛɹɪməni/
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What “ceremony” means
- noun
a formal event performed on a special occasion
“a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor”
- noun
any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way
“the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine”
- noun
the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
“an inaugural ceremony”
Say it in a sentence
“The ceremony lasted twenty minutes and then everyone ate outside.”“ceremony”, answered
How do you pronounce “ceremony”?
“ceremony” is pronounced /ˈsɛɹəˌmoʊni/ (SE-ruh-moh-nee) in American English and /sɛɹɪməni/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “cer”. Build it as CER-em-on-y, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “ceremony” have?
4: cer · em · on · y. The beat lands on the first, “cer”.
Is “ceremony” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈsɛɹəˌmoʊni/ (SE-ruh-moh-nee); British English says /sɛɹɪməni/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “ceremony” mean?
As a noun: a formal event performed on a special occasion For example: “a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “ceremony”?
Stress the first syllable: CER-em-on-y. “cer” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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