How to pronounce “onboarding”
Say “onboarding” in 3 beats
onboarding
/ˈɑnˌbɔɹdɪŋ/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ˈɒnbɔːdɪŋ/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- onɑnstress
- boarbɔɹ
- dingdɪŋ
- IPA (American)
- /ˈɑnˌbɔɹdɪŋ/
- IPA (British)
- /ˈɒnbɔːdɪŋ/
- Respelling
- ON-bor-ding
- Syllables
- 3 — ON-boar-ding
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: ON-boar-ding. “on” 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
/ˈɑnˌbɔɹdɪŋ/
/ˈɒnbɔːdɪŋ/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
Where “onboarding” goes wrong
- Often heard
“on-BOR-ding”
the stress is on ON, the first half of the compound
What “onboarding” means
- noun
the process of settling a new employee, customer or user into an organisation or product
Say it in a sentence
“Onboarding takes two days and covers safety first.”“onboarding”, answered
How do you pronounce “onboarding”?
“onboarding” is pronounced /ˈɑnˌbɔɹdɪŋ/ (ON-bor-ding) in American English and /ˈɒnbɔːdɪŋ/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “on”. Build it as ON-boar-ding, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “onboarding” have?
3: on · boar · ding. The beat lands on the first, “on”.
Is “onboarding” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈɑnˌbɔɹdɪŋ/ (ON-bor-ding); British English says /ˈɒnbɔːdɪŋ/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “onboarding” mean?
As a noun: the process of settling a new employee, customer or user into an organisation or product For example: “Onboarding takes two days and covers safety first.”
Where is the stress in “onboarding”?
Stress the first syllable: ON-boar-ding. “on” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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