How to pronounce “fatigue”
Say “fatigue” in 2 beats
fatigue
/fəˈtiɡ/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /fəˈtiːɡ/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- fəfə
- tiɡtiɡstress
- IPA (American)
- /fəˈtiɡ/
- IPA (British)
- /fəˈtiːɡ/
- Respelling
- fuh-TEEG
- Syllables
- 2 — fə-TIꞬ
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: fə-TIꞬ. “tiɡ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/fəˈtiɡ/
/fəˈtiːɡ/
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Where “fatigue” goes wrong
- Often heard
“FAT-ig-you”
the -gue is a plain g and the stress is on TEEG
What “fatigue” means
- noun
temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
“he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue”
- noun
used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress
“metal fatigue”
- noun
(always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something
“he was suffering from museum fatigue”
Say it in a sentence
“After three night shifts the fatigue was impossible to ignore.”“fatigue”, answered
How do you pronounce “fatigue”?
“fatigue” is pronounced /fəˈtiɡ/ (fuh-TEEG) in American English and /fəˈtiːɡ/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “tiɡ”. Build it as fə-TIꞬ, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “fatigue” have?
2: fə · tiɡ. The beat lands on the second, “tiɡ”. Read letter by letter it looks like 3 (FAT-ig-you), and that careful version is not wrong — but ordinary speech runs it to 2.
Is “fatigue” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /fəˈtiɡ/ (fuh-TEEG); British English says /fəˈtiːɡ/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “fatigue” mean?
As a noun: temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work For example: “he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “fatigue”?
Stress the second syllable: fə-TIꞬ. “tiɡ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
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