How to pronounce “conjecture”
Say “conjecture” in 3 beats
conjecture
/kənˈdʒɛktʃɚ/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /kəndʒɛktʃə/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- kənkən
- dʒɛkdʒɛkstress
- tʃɚtʃɚ
- IPA (American)
- /kənˈdʒɛktʃɚ/
- IPA (British)
- /kəndʒɛktʃə/
- Also accepted
- /kənˈdʒɛkʃɚ/
- Respelling
- kuhn-JEK-chuh
- Syllables
- 3 — kən-DƷƐK-tʃɚ
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: kən-DƷƐK-tʃɚ. “dʒɛk” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/kənˈdʒɛktʃɚ/
/kəndʒɛktʃə/
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What “conjecture” means
- noun
a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
“speculations about the outcome of the election”
- noun
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- noun
reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
Say it in a sentence
“That date is conjecture, since no record of it survives.”“conjecture”, answered
How do you pronounce “conjecture”?
“conjecture” is pronounced /kənˈdʒɛktʃɚ/ (kuhn-JEK-chuh) in American English and /kəndʒɛktʃə/ in British English, and /kənˈdʒɛkʃɚ/ is also accepted — 3 syllables, stressed on “dʒɛk”. Build it as kən-DƷƐK-tʃɚ, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “conjecture” have?
3: kən · dʒɛk · tʃɚ. The beat lands on the second, “dʒɛk”.
Is “conjecture” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /kənˈdʒɛktʃɚ/ (kuhn-JEK-chuh); British English says /kəndʒɛktʃə/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “conjecture” mean?
As a noun: a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence) For example: “speculations about the outcome of the election” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “conjecture”?
Stress the second syllable: kən-DƷƐK-tʃɚ. “dʒɛk” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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