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Pronunciation

How to pronounce “compiler”

“compiler” is pronounced /kəmˈpaɪlɚ/ (kuhm-PY-luh) in American English and /kəmpaɪlə/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “pil”.
The sound

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compiler

/kəmˈpaɪlɚ/

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

3 beats
  1. comkəm
  2. pilpaɪstress
  3. erlɚ
IPA (American)
/kəmˈpaɪlɚ/
IPA (British)
/kəmpaɪlə/
Respelling
kuhm-PY-luh
Syllables
3 — com-PIL-er
Stress
Stress the second syllable: com-PIL-er. “pil” 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
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/kəmˈpaɪlɚ/

British

/kəmpaɪlə/

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Meaning

What “compiler” means

  1. noun

    a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)

  2. noun

    (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program

Say it in a sentence

“The compiler caught the mistake before anyone else did.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

6 sounds, in the order you say them
kkəschwa×2mmppaɪlong ill

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Questions

“compiler”, answered

How do you pronounce “compiler”?

“compiler” is pronounced /kəmˈpaɪlɚ/ (kuhm-PY-luh) in American English and /kəmpaɪlə/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “pil”. Build it as com-PIL-er, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “compiler” have?

3: com · pil · er. The beat lands on the second, “pil”.

Is “compiler” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /kəmˈpaɪlɚ/ (kuhm-PY-luh); British English says /kəmpaɪlə/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “compiler” mean?

As a noun: a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes) For example: “The compiler caught the mistake before anyone else did.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “compiler”?

Stress the second syllable: com-PIL-er. “pil” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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