How to pronounce “enervate”
Say “enervate” in 3 beats
enervate
/ˈɛnɚˌveɪt/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ˈɛnəveɪt/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- ɛɛstress
- nɚnɚ
- veɪtveɪt
- IPA (American)
- /ˈɛnɚˌveɪt/
- IPA (British)
- /ˈɛnəveɪt/
- Respelling
- EN-ur-vayt
- Syllables
- 3 — Ɛ-nɚ-veɪt
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: Ɛ-nɚ-veɪt. “ɛ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Difficulty
- Legend — spelling and sound part company here
American and British are not the same here
/ˈɛnɚˌveɪt/
/ˈɛnəveɪt/
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Where “enervate” goes wrong
- Often heard
“ih-NUR-vayt”
the stress is on EN; it means to drain energy, not to give it
What “enervate” means
- verb
weaken mentally or morally
- verb
disturb the composure of
Say it in a sentence
“Long meetings in hot rooms enervate everyone by three o'clock.”“enervate”, answered
How do you pronounce “enervate”?
“enervate” is pronounced /ˈɛnɚˌveɪt/ (EN-ur-vayt) in American English and /ˈɛnəveɪt/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “ɛ”. Build it as Ɛ-nɚ-veɪt, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “enervate” have?
3: ɛ · nɚ · veɪt. The beat lands on the first, “ɛ”.
Is “enervate” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈɛnɚˌveɪt/ (EN-ur-vayt); British English says /ˈɛnəveɪt/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “enervate” mean?
As a verb: weaken mentally or morally For example: “Long meetings in hot rooms enervate everyone by three o'clock.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “enervate”?
Stress the first syllable: Ɛ-nɚ-veɪt. “ɛ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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