How to pronounce “colleague”
Say “colleague” in 2 beats
colleague
/ˈkɑliɡ/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /kɒliːɡ/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- kɑkɑstress
- liɡliɡ
- IPA (American)
- /ˈkɑliɡ/
- IPA (British)
- /kɒliːɡ/
- Respelling
- KAH-leeg
- Syllables
- 2 — KⱭ-liɡ
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: KⱭ-liɡ. “kɑ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls 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
/ˈkɑliɡ/
/kɒliːɡ/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “colleague” means
- noun
an associate that one works with
- noun
a person who is member of one's class or profession
“the surgeon consulted his colleagues”
Say it in a sentence
“A colleague covered my shift while I was away in June.”“colleague”, answered
How do you pronounce “colleague”?
“colleague” is pronounced /ˈkɑliɡ/ (KAH-leeg) in American English and /kɒliːɡ/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “kɑ”. Build it as KⱭ-liɡ, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “colleague” have?
2: kɑ · liɡ. The beat lands on the first, “kɑ”.
Is “colleague” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈkɑliɡ/ (KAH-leeg); British English says /kɒliːɡ/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “colleague” mean?
As a noun: an associate that one works with For example: “A colleague covered my shift while I was away in June.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “colleague”?
Stress the first syllable: KⱭ-liɡ. “kɑ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
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