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Pronunciation

How to pronounce “enumerate”

“enumerate” is pronounced /ɪˈnumɚˌeɪt/ (i-NOO-muh-ayt) in American English and /ɪnjuːməɹeɪt/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “nu”.
The sound

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enumerate

/ɪˈnumɚˌeɪt/

The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɪnjuːməɹeɪt/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.

4 beats
  1. ɪɪ
  2. nunustress
  3. mɚmɚ
  4. eɪteɪt
IPA (American)
/ɪˈnumɚˌeɪt/
IPA (British)
/ɪnjuːməɹeɪt/
Respelling
i-NOO-muh-ayt
Syllables
4 — ɪ-NU-mɚ-eɪt
Stress
Stress the second syllable: ɪ-NU-mɚ-eɪt. “nu” 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
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/ɪˈnumɚˌeɪt/

British

/ɪnjuːməɹeɪt/

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Meaning

What “enumerate” means

  1. verb

    specify individually

    “She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered”

  2. verb

    determine the number or amount of

    “Can you count the books on your shelf?”

Say it in a sentence

“She began to enumerate everything that had gone wrong.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

7 sounds, in the order you say them
ɪshort innulong oommɚschwaeɪlong att

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Questions

“enumerate”, answered

How do you pronounce “enumerate”?

“enumerate” is pronounced /ɪˈnumɚˌeɪt/ (i-NOO-muh-ayt) in American English and /ɪnjuːməɹeɪt/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “nu”. Build it as ɪ-NU-mɚ-eɪt, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “enumerate” have?

4: ɪ · nu · mɚ · eɪt. The beat lands on the second, “nu”.

Is “enumerate” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /ɪˈnumɚˌeɪt/ (i-NOO-muh-ayt); British English says /ɪnjuːməɹeɪt/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “enumerate” mean?

As a verb: specify individually For example: “She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “enumerate”?

Stress the second syllable: ɪ-NU-mɚ-eɪt. “nu” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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