How to pronounce “furniture”
Say “furniture” in 3 beats
furniture
/ˈfɝnɪtʃɚ/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /fɜːnɪtʃə/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- fɝfɝstress
- nɪnɪ
- tʃɚtʃɚ
- IPA (American)
- /ˈfɝnɪtʃɚ/
- IPA (British)
- /fɜːnɪtʃə/
- Respelling
- FUR-ni-chuh
- Syllables
- 3 — Fɝ-nɪ-tʃɚ
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: Fɝ-nɪ-tʃɚ. “fɝ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/ˈfɝnɪtʃɚ/
/fɜːnɪtʃə/
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What “furniture” means
- noun
furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
“they had too much furniture for the small apartment”
Say it in a sentence
“Most of the furniture came from a second-hand shop nearby.”“furniture”, answered
How do you pronounce “furniture”?
“furniture” is pronounced /ˈfɝnɪtʃɚ/ (FUR-ni-chuh) in American English and /fɜːnɪtʃə/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “fɝ”. Build it as Fɝ-nɪ-tʃɚ, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “furniture” have?
3: fɝ · nɪ · tʃɚ. The beat lands on the first, “fɝ”.
Is “furniture” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈfɝnɪtʃɚ/ (FUR-ni-chuh); British English says /fɜːnɪtʃə/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “furniture” mean?
As a noun: furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy For example: “they had too much furniture for the small apartment”
Where is the stress in “furniture”?
Stress the first syllable: Fɝ-nɪ-tʃɚ. “fɝ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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