How to pronounce “job”
Say “job” in one beat
job
/dʒɑb/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /dʒɒb/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- jobdʒɑb
- IPA (American)
- /dʒɑb/
- IPA (British)
- /dʒɒb/
- Also accepted
- /dʒoʊb/
- Respelling
- JAHB
- Syllables
- 1 — job
- Stress
- One syllable, so the whole word carries the beat — say /dʒɑb/ in one unbroken piece rather than clipping the vowel.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Difficulty
- Beginner — most learners get this on the first take
American and British are not the same here
/dʒɑb/
/dʒɒb/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “job” means
- noun
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
“he's not in my line of business”
- noun
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
“estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars”
- noun
a workplace; as in the expression
“on the job”
Say it in a sentence
“Her first job was washing glasses in a seaside hotel.”“job”, answered
How do you pronounce “job”?
“job” is pronounced /dʒɑb/ (JAHB) in American English and /dʒɒb/ in British English, and /dʒoʊb/ is also accepted — one syllable. It is one unbroken piece — /dʒɑb/ — with no pause anywhere inside it.
How many syllables does “job” have?
One, despite the 1 vowel letters in the spelling. The whole word is /dʒɑb/ — a single beat.
Is “job” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /dʒɑb/ (JAHB); British English says /dʒɒb/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “job” mean?
As a noun: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money For example: “he's not in my line of business” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “job”?
One syllable, so the whole word carries the beat — say /dʒɑb/ in one unbroken piece rather than clipping the vowel.
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