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Pronunciation

How to pronounce “packaging”

“packaging” is pronounced /ˈpækɪdʒɪŋ/ (PA-ki-jing) in American English and /pakɪdʒɪŋ/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “pac”.
The sound

Say “packaging” in 3 beats

Say it like this

packaging

/ˈpækɪdʒɪŋ/

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

3 beats
  1. pacpæstress
  2. kagkɪ
  3. ingdʒɪŋ
IPA (American)
/ˈpækɪdʒɪŋ/
IPA (British)
/pakɪdʒɪŋ/
Respelling
PA-ki-jing
Syllables
3 — PAC-kag-ing
Stress
Stress the first syllable: PAC-kag-ing. “pac” 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
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/ˈpækɪdʒɪŋ/

British

/pakɪdʒɪŋ/

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Meaning

What “packaging” means

  1. noun

    the business of packing

    “his business is packaging for transport”

  2. noun

    a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution

    “the packaging of new ideas”

  3. noun

    material used to make packages

Say it in a sentence

“The packaging weighed rather more than the thing inside it.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

6 sounds, in the order you say them
ppæshort akkɪshort i×2dʒjŋng

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Questions

“packaging”, answered

How do you pronounce “packaging”?

“packaging” is pronounced /ˈpækɪdʒɪŋ/ (PA-ki-jing) in American English and /pakɪdʒɪŋ/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “pac”. Build it as PAC-kag-ing, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “packaging” have?

3: pac · kag · ing. The beat lands on the first, “pac”.

Is “packaging” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /ˈpækɪdʒɪŋ/ (PA-ki-jing); British English says /pakɪdʒɪŋ/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “packaging” mean?

As a noun: the business of packing For example: “his business is packaging for transport” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “packaging”?

Stress the first syllable: PAC-kag-ing. “pac” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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