How to pronounce “monitor”
Say “monitor” in 3 beats
monitor
/ˈmɑnətɚ/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /mɒnɪtə/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- monmɑstress
- itnə
- ortɚ
- IPA (American)
- /ˈmɑnətɚ/
- IPA (British)
- /mɒnɪtə/
- Respelling
- MAH-nuh-tuh
- Syllables
- 3 — MON-it-or
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: MON-it-or. “mon” 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
American and British are not the same here
/ˈmɑnətɚ/
/mɒnɪtə/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “monitor” means
- noun
someone who supervises (an examination)
- noun
someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
- noun
an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac
Say it in a sentence
“A monitor walked between the desks collecting the papers.”“monitor”, answered
How do you pronounce “monitor”?
“monitor” is pronounced /ˈmɑnətɚ/ (MAH-nuh-tuh) in American English and /mɒnɪtə/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “mon”. Build it as MON-it-or, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “monitor” have?
3: mon · it · or. The beat lands on the first, “mon”.
Is “monitor” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈmɑnətɚ/ (MAH-nuh-tuh); British English says /mɒnɪtə/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “monitor” mean?
As a noun: someone who supervises (an examination) For example: “A monitor walked between the desks collecting the papers.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “monitor”?
Stress the first syllable: MON-it-or. “mon” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Now say “monitor” and see every sound
Record it once and sayit lines your audio up against the target sound by sound — what landed, what slipped, and what it sounded like instead.