How to pronounce “flavour”
Say “flavour” in 2 beats
flavour
/ˈfleɪvɚ/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ˈfleɪvə/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- flavfleɪstress
- ourvɚ
- IPA (American)
- /ˈfleɪvɚ/
- IPA (British)
- /ˈfleɪvə/
- Respelling
- FLAY-vur
- Syllables
- 2 — FLAV-our
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: FLAV-our. “flav” 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
/ˈfleɪvɚ/
/ˈfleɪvə/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
Where “flavour” goes wrong
- Often heard
“FLAY-voor”
the -our ending is an unstressed -ur, exactly as in the American flavor
What “flavour” means
- noun
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
“the feel of the city excited him”
- noun
(physics) the six kinds of quarks
- noun
the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
Say it in a sentence
“The soup has a deep flavour after a long, slow simmer.”“flavour”, answered
How do you pronounce “flavour”?
“flavour” is pronounced /ˈfleɪvɚ/ (FLAY-vur) in American English and /ˈfleɪvə/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “flav”. Build it as FLAV-our, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “flavour” have?
2: flav · our. The beat lands on the first, “flav”.
Is “flavour” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈfleɪvɚ/ (FLAY-vur); British English says /ˈfleɪvə/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “flavour” mean?
As a noun: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people For example: “the feel of the city excited him” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “flavour”?
Stress the first syllable: FLAV-our. “flav” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
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