How to pronounce “minority”
Say “minority” in 4 beats
minority
/maɪˈnɔɹəti/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /maɪnɒɹɪti/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- minmaɪ
- ornɔstress
- itɹə
- yti
- IPA (American)
- /maɪˈnɔɹəti/
- IPA (British)
- /maɪnɒɹɪti/
- Also accepted
- /məˈnɔɹəti/
- Respelling
- my-NAW-ruh-tee
- Syllables
- 4 — min-OR-it-y
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: min-OR-it-y. “or” 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
/maɪˈnɔɹəti/
/maɪnɒɹɪti/
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What “minority” means
- noun
a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part
- noun
being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
“when the vote was taken they were in the minority”
- noun
any age prior to the legal age
Say it in a sentence
“A small minority still walk to school every single day.”“minority”, answered
How do you pronounce “minority”?
“minority” is pronounced /maɪˈnɔɹəti/ (my-NAW-ruh-tee) in American English and /maɪnɒɹɪti/ in British English, and /məˈnɔɹəti/ is also accepted — 4 syllables, stressed on “or”. Build it as min-OR-it-y, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “minority” have?
4: min · or · it · y. The beat lands on the second, “or”.
Is “minority” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /maɪˈnɔɹəti/ (my-NAW-ruh-tee); British English says /maɪnɒɹɪti/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “minority” mean?
As a noun: a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part For example: “A small minority still walk to school every single day.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “minority”?
Stress the second syllable: min-OR-it-y. “or” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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