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How to pronounce “juxtaposition”

“juxtaposition” is pronounced /ˌdʒʌkstəpəˈzɪʃən/ (juk-stuh-puh-ZI-shuhn) in American English and /dʒʌkstɐpəzɪʃən/ in British English — 5 syllables, stressed on “it”.
The sound

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juxtaposition

/ˌdʒʌkstəpəˈzɪʃən/

The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /dʒʌkstɐpəzɪʃən/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.

5 beats
  1. juxdʒʌk
  2. tapstə
  3. ospə
  4. itzɪstress
  5. ionʃən
IPA (American)
/ˌdʒʌkstəpəˈzɪʃən/
IPA (British)
/dʒʌkstɐpəzɪʃən/
Respelling
juk-stuh-puh-ZI-shuhn
Syllables
5 — jux-tap-os-IT-ion
Stress
Stress the fourth syllable: jux-tap-os-IT-ion. “it” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Part of speech
noun
Difficulty
Legend — spelling and sound part company here
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/ˌdʒʌkstəpəˈzɪʃən/

British

/dʒʌkstɐpəzɪʃən/

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Meaning

What “juxtaposition” means

  1. noun

    the act of positioning close together (or side by side)

    “it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors”

  2. noun

    a side-by-side position

Say it in a sentence

“The juxtaposition of the two buildings is genuinely strange.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

11 sounds, in the order you say them
dʒjʌshort ukkssttəschwa×3ppzzɪshort iʃshnn

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Questions

“juxtaposition”, answered

How do you pronounce “juxtaposition”?

“juxtaposition” is pronounced /ˌdʒʌkstəpəˈzɪʃən/ (juk-stuh-puh-ZI-shuhn) in American English and /dʒʌkstɐpəzɪʃən/ in British English — 5 syllables, stressed on “it”. Build it as jux-tap-os-IT-ion, then run the fourth syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “juxtaposition” have?

5: jux · tap · os · it · ion. The beat lands on the fourth, “it”.

Is “juxtaposition” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /ˌdʒʌkstəpəˈzɪʃən/ (juk-stuh-puh-ZI-shuhn); British English says /dʒʌkstɐpəzɪʃən/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “juxtaposition” mean?

As a noun: the act of positioning close together (or side by side) For example: “it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “juxtaposition”?

Stress the fourth syllable: jux-tap-os-IT-ion. “it” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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