How to pronounce “engender”
Say “engender” in 3 beats
engender
/ɛnˈdʒɛndɚ/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɛndʒɛndə/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- enɛn
- gendʒɛnstress
- derdɚ
- IPA (American)
- /ɛnˈdʒɛndɚ/
- IPA (British)
- /ɛndʒɛndə/
- Also accepted
- /ɪnˈdʒɛndɚ/
- Respelling
- en-JEN-duh
- Syllables
- 3 — en-GEN-der
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: en-GEN-der. “gen” 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
/ɛnˈdʒɛndɚ/
/ɛndʒɛndə/
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What “engender” means
- verb
call forth
- verb
make children
“Abraham begot Isaac”
Say it in a sentence
“Small kindnesses engender a loyalty that money cannot buy.”The sounds inside this word
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“engender”, answered
How do you pronounce “engender”?
“engender” is pronounced /ɛnˈdʒɛndɚ/ (en-JEN-duh) in American English and /ɛndʒɛndə/ in British English, and /ɪnˈdʒɛndɚ/ is also accepted — 3 syllables, stressed on “gen”. Build it as en-GEN-der, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “engender” have?
3: en · gen · der. The beat lands on the second, “gen”.
Is “engender” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ɛnˈdʒɛndɚ/ (en-JEN-duh); British English says /ɛndʒɛndə/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “engender” mean?
As a verb: call forth For example: “Small kindnesses engender a loyalty that money cannot buy.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “engender”?
Stress the second syllable: en-GEN-der. “gen” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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