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Pronunciation

How to pronounce “massacre”

“massacre” is pronounced /ˈmæsəkɚ/ (MA-suh-kuh) in American English and /masəkə/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “mas”.
The sound

Say “massacre” in 3 beats

Say it like this

massacre

/ˈmæsəkɚ/

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

3 beats
  1. masmæstress
  2. sacsə
  3. rekɚ
IPA (American)
/ˈmæsəkɚ/
IPA (British)
/masəkə/
Respelling
MA-suh-kuh
Syllables
3 — MAS-sac-re
Stress
Stress the first syllable: MAS-sac-re. “mas” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Part of speech
noun, verb
Difficulty
Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/ˈmæsəkɚ/

British

/masəkə/

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Meaning

What “massacre” means

  1. noun

    the savage and excessive killing of many people

  2. verb

    kill a large number of people indiscriminately

    “The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda”

Say it in a sentence

“The monument records a massacre that happened here in 1794.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

5 sounds, in the order you say them
mmæshort assəschwa×2kk

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Questions

“massacre”, answered

How do you pronounce “massacre”?

“massacre” is pronounced /ˈmæsəkɚ/ (MA-suh-kuh) in American English and /masəkə/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “mas”. Build it as MAS-sac-re, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “massacre” have?

3: mas · sac · re. The beat lands on the first, “mas”.

Is “massacre” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /ˈmæsəkɚ/ (MA-suh-kuh); British English says /masəkə/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “massacre” mean?

As a noun: the savage and excessive killing of many people For example: “The monument records a massacre that happened here in 1794.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “massacre”?

Stress the first syllable: MAS-sac-re. “mas” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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