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How to pronounce “negotiate”

“negotiate” is pronounced /nəˈɡoʊʃiˌeɪt/ (nuh-GOH-shee-ayt) in American English and /nɪɡəʊʃɪeɪt/ in British English, and /nɪˈɡoʊʃiˌeɪt/ is also accepted — 4 syllables, stressed on “ot”.
The sound

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negotiate

/nəˈɡoʊʃiˌeɪt/

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

4 beats
  1. negnə
  2. otɡoʊstress
  3. iatʃi
  4. eeɪt
IPA (American)
/nəˈɡoʊʃiˌeɪt/
IPA (British)
/nɪɡəʊʃɪeɪt/
Also accepted
/nɪˈɡoʊʃiˌeɪt/
Respelling
nuh-GOH-shee-ayt
Syllables
4 — neg-OT-iat-e
Stress
Stress the second syllable: neg-OT-iat-e. “ot” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Part of speech
verb
Difficulty
Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/nəˈɡoʊʃiˌeɪt/

British

/nɪɡəʊʃɪeɪt/

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Meaning

What “negotiate” means

  1. verb

    discuss the terms of an arrangement

    “They negotiated the sale of the house”

  2. verb

    succeed in passing through, around, or over

    “The hiker negociated the high mountain pass”

Say it in a sentence

“We had to negotiate the price for nearly an hour.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

8 sounds, in the order you say them
nnəschwaɡgoʊlong oʃshilong eeɪlong att

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Questions

“negotiate”, answered

How do you pronounce “negotiate”?

“negotiate” is pronounced /nəˈɡoʊʃiˌeɪt/ (nuh-GOH-shee-ayt) in American English and /nɪɡəʊʃɪeɪt/ in British English, and /nɪˈɡoʊʃiˌeɪt/ is also accepted — 4 syllables, stressed on “ot”. Build it as neg-OT-iat-e, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “negotiate” have?

4: neg · ot · iat · e. The beat lands on the second, “ot”.

Is “negotiate” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /nəˈɡoʊʃiˌeɪt/ (nuh-GOH-shee-ayt); British English says /nɪɡəʊʃɪeɪt/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “negotiate” mean?

As a verb: discuss the terms of an arrangement For example: “They negotiated the sale of the house” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “negotiate”?

Stress the second syllable: neg-OT-iat-e. “ot” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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