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Pronunciation

How to pronounce “compile”

“compile” is pronounced /kəmˈpaɪl/ (kuhm-PYL) in American English and /kəmpaɪl/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “paɪl”.
The sound

Say “compile” in 2 beats

Say it like this

compile

/kəmˈpaɪl/

The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /kəmpaɪl/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.

2 beats
  1. kəmkəm
  2. paɪlpaɪlstress
IPA (American)
/kəmˈpaɪl/
IPA (British)
/kəmpaɪl/
Respelling
kuhm-PYL
Syllables
2 — kəm-PAꞮL
Stress
Stress the second syllable: kəm-PAꞮL. “paɪl” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
Part of speech
verb
Difficulty
Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/kəmˈpaɪl/

British

/kəmpaɪl/

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Meaning

What “compile” means

  1. verb

    get or gather together

    “I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife”

  2. verb

    put together out of existing material

    “compile a list”

  3. verb

    use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed

Say it in a sentence

“It took a month to compile the list of missing books.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

6 sounds, in the order you say them
kkəschwammppaɪlong ill

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Questions

“compile”, answered

How do you pronounce “compile”?

“compile” is pronounced /kəmˈpaɪl/ (kuhm-PYL) in American English and /kəmpaɪl/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “paɪl”. Build it as kəm-PAꞮL, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “compile” have?

2: kəm · paɪl. The beat lands on the second, “paɪl”.

Is “compile” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /kəmˈpaɪl/ (kuhm-PYL); British English says /kəmpaɪl/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “compile” mean?

As a verb: get or gather together For example: “I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “compile”?

Stress the second syllable: kəm-PAꞮL. “paɪl” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.

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