Pronunciation
How to pronounce “headphones”
“headphones” is pronounced /hɛdfoʊnz/ — 2 syllables.
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headphones
/hɛdfoʊnz/
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2 syllables. Stress the 'hɛdf' part (say it longer and louder) and let the others relax — unstressed vowels often soften to a lazy /ə/.Meaning
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
“it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked”
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