How to pronounce “channel”
Say “channel” in 2 beats
channel
/ˈtʃænəl/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /tʃanəl/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- chantʃæstress
- nelnəl
- IPA (American)
- /ˈtʃænəl/
- IPA (British)
- /tʃanəl/
- Respelling
- CHA-nuhl
- Syllables
- 2 — CHAN-nel
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: CHAN-nel. “chan” 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
/ˈtʃænəl/
/tʃanəl/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “channel” means
- noun
a path over which electrical signals can pass
“a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company”
- noun
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
“the fields were crossed with irrigation channels”
- noun
a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
Say it in a sentence
“The aerial picks up one channel and then loses it again.”“channel”, answered
How do you pronounce “channel”?
“channel” is pronounced /ˈtʃænəl/ (CHA-nuhl) in American English and /tʃanəl/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “chan”. Build it as CHAN-nel, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “channel” have?
2: chan · nel. The beat lands on the first, “chan”.
Is “channel” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈtʃænəl/ (CHA-nuhl); British English says /tʃanəl/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “channel” mean?
As a noun: a path over which electrical signals can pass For example: “a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “channel”?
Stress the first syllable: CHAN-nel. “chan” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
Now say “channel” 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.