How to pronounce “notion”
Say “notion” in 2 beats
notion
/ˈnoʊʃən/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /nəʊʃən/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- notnoʊstress
- ionʃən
- IPA (American)
- /ˈnoʊʃən/
- IPA (British)
- /nəʊʃən/
- Respelling
- NOH-shuhn
- Syllables
- 2 — NOT-ion
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: NOT-ion. “not” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls 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
/ˈnoʊʃən/
/nəʊʃən/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “notion” means
- noun
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
“his impression of her was favorable”
- noun
a general inclusive concept
- noun
an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
“the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories”
Say it in a sentence
“She had some notion of opening a bakery one day.”“notion”, answered
How do you pronounce “notion”?
“notion” is pronounced /ˈnoʊʃən/ (NOH-shuhn) in American English and /nəʊʃən/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “not”. Build it as NOT-ion, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “notion” have?
2: not · ion. The beat lands on the first, “not”.
Is “notion” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈnoʊʃən/ (NOH-shuhn); British English says /nəʊʃən/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “notion” mean?
As a noun: a vague idea in which some confidence is placed For example: “his impression of her was favorable” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “notion”?
Stress the first syllable: NOT-ion. “not” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
Now say “notion” 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.