How to pronounce “conscientious”
Say “conscientious” in 4 beats
conscientious
/ˌkɑnʃiˈɛnʃəs/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /kɒnsɪɛnʃəs/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- kɑnkɑn
- ʃiʃi
- ɛnɛnstress
- ʃəsʃəs
- IPA (American)
- /ˌkɑnʃiˈɛnʃəs/
- IPA (British)
- /kɒnsɪɛnʃəs/
- Respelling
- kahn-shee-EN-shuhs
- Syllables
- 4 — kɑn-ʃi-ƐN-ʃəs
- Stress
- Stress the third syllable: kɑn-ʃi-ƐN-ʃəs. “ɛn” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/ˌkɑnʃiˈɛnʃəs/
/kɒnsɪɛnʃəs/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “conscientious” means
- adjective
characterized by extreme care and great effort
“conscientious application to the work at hand”
- adjective
guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong
“a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice”
Say it in a sentence
“He is a conscientious worker who checks everything twice.”“conscientious”, answered
How do you pronounce “conscientious”?
“conscientious” is pronounced /ˌkɑnʃiˈɛnʃəs/ (kahn-shee-EN-shuhs) in American English and /kɒnsɪɛnʃəs/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “ɛn”. Build it as kɑn-ʃi-ƐN-ʃəs, then run the third syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “conscientious” have?
4: kɑn · ʃi · ɛn · ʃəs. The beat lands on the third, “ɛn”.
Is “conscientious” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˌkɑnʃiˈɛnʃəs/ (kahn-shee-EN-shuhs); British English says /kɒnsɪɛnʃəs/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “conscientious” mean?
As an adjective: characterized by extreme care and great effort For example: “conscientious application to the work at hand” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “conscientious”?
Stress the third syllable: kɑn-ʃi-ƐN-ʃəs. “ɛn” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Now say “conscientious” 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.