How to pronounce “fractious”
Say “fractious” in 2 beats
fractious
/ˈfɹækʃəs/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /fɹakʃəs/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- fracfɹækstress
- tiousʃəs
- IPA (American)
- /ˈfɹækʃəs/
- IPA (British)
- /fɹakʃəs/
- Respelling
- FRAK-shuhs
- Syllables
- 2 — FRAC-tious
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: FRAC-tious. “frac” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Difficulty
- Legend — spelling and sound part company here
American and British are not the same here
/ˈfɹækʃəs/
/fɹakʃəs/
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What “fractious” means
- adjective
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
“a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness”
- adjective
easily irritated or annoyed
“an incorrigibly fractious young man”
- adjective
unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome
“rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas”
Say it in a sentence
“The meeting grew fractious once the parking plan appeared.”“fractious”, answered
How do you pronounce “fractious”?
“fractious” is pronounced /ˈfɹækʃəs/ (FRAK-shuhs) in American English and /fɹakʃəs/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “frac”. Build it as FRAC-tious, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “fractious” have?
2: frac · tious. The beat lands on the first, “frac”.
Is “fractious” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈfɹækʃəs/ (FRAK-shuhs); British English says /fɹakʃəs/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “fractious” mean?
As an adjective: stubbornly resistant to authority or control For example: “a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “fractious”?
Stress the first syllable: FRAC-tious. “frac” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
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