sayitsayit
Pronunciation

How to pronounce “opprobrium”

“opprobrium” is pronounced /əˈpɹoʊbɹiəm/ (uh-PROH-bree-uhm) in American English and /ɒpɹɒbɹiəm/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “pɹoʊ”.
The sound

Say “opprobrium” in 4 beats

Say it like this

opprobrium

/əˈpɹoʊbɹiəm/

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

4 beats
  1. əə
  2. pɹoʊpɹoʊstress
  3. bɹibɹi
  4. əməm
IPA (American)
/əˈpɹoʊbɹiəm/
IPA (British)
/ɒpɹɒbɹiəm/
Respelling
uh-PROH-bree-uhm
Syllables
4 — ə-PɹOƱ-bɹi-əm
Stress
Stress the second syllable: ə-PɹOƱ-bɹi-əm. “pɹoʊ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Part of speech
noun
Difficulty
Legend — spelling and sound part company here
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/əˈpɹoʊbɹiəm/

British

/ɒpɹɒbɹiəm/

No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.

Meaning

What “opprobrium” means

  1. noun

    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse

  2. noun

    a state of extreme dishonor; - F.D.Roosevelt

    “a date which will live in infamy”

Say it in a sentence

“Public opprobrium followed the decision to fell the old trees.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

7 sounds, in the order you say them
əschwappɹr×2oʊlong obbɪəearmm

Each sound has its own page: where the tongue goes, what it is usually confused with, and words to drill it on.

Questions

“opprobrium”, answered

How do you pronounce “opprobrium”?

“opprobrium” is pronounced /əˈpɹoʊbɹiəm/ (uh-PROH-bree-uhm) in American English and /ɒpɹɒbɹiəm/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “pɹoʊ”. Build it as ə-PɹOƱ-bɹi-əm, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “opprobrium” have?

4: ə · pɹoʊ · bɹi · əm. The beat lands on the second, “pɹoʊ”.

Is “opprobrium” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /əˈpɹoʊbɹiəm/ (uh-PROH-bree-uhm); British English says /ɒpɹɒbɹiəm/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “opprobrium” mean?

As a noun: state of disgrace resulting from public abuse For example: “Public opprobrium followed the decision to fell the old trees.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “opprobrium”?

Stress the second syllable: ə-PɹOƱ-bɹi-əm. “pɹoʊ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

Practise this word

Now say “opprobrium” 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.

Practise this word freeMore words with O