How to pronounce “ebullient”
Say “ebullient” in 3 beats
ebullient
/ɪˈbʌljənt/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɪˈbʌlɪənt/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- ebɪ
- ulbʌstress
- lientljənt
- IPA (American)
- /ɪˈbʌljənt/
- IPA (British)
- /ɪˈbʌlɪənt/
- Respelling
- ih-BUL-yuhnt
- Syllables
- 3 — eb-UL-lient
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: eb-UL-lient. “ul” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Difficulty
- Legend — spelling and sound part company here
American and British are not the same here
/ɪˈbʌljənt/
/ɪˈbʌlɪənt/
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Where “ebullient” goes wrong
- Often heard
“ee-BOO-lee-ent”
the u is the vowel of cup and the -ient collapses to yuhnt
What “ebullient” means
- adjective
joyously unrestrained
Say it in a sentence
“She was ebullient for days after the exhibition opened.”“ebullient”, answered
How do you pronounce “ebullient”?
“ebullient” is pronounced /ɪˈbʌljənt/ (ih-BUL-yuhnt) in American English and /ɪˈbʌlɪənt/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “ul”. Build it as eb-UL-lient, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “ebullient” have?
3: eb · ul · lient. The beat lands on the second, “ul”. Read letter by letter it looks like 4 (ee-BOO-lee-ent), and that careful version is not wrong — but ordinary speech runs it to 3.
Is “ebullient” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ɪˈbʌljənt/ (ih-BUL-yuhnt); British English says /ɪˈbʌlɪənt/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “ebullient” mean?
As an adjective: joyously unrestrained For example: “She was ebullient for days after the exhibition opened.”
Where is the stress in “ebullient”?
Stress the second syllable: eb-UL-lient. “ul” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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