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How to pronounce “participate”

“participate” is pronounced /pɑɹˈtɪsəˌpeɪt/ (pahr-TI-suh-payt) in American English and /pɑːtɪsɪpeɪt/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “tɪ”.
The sound

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participate

/pɑɹˈtɪsəˌpeɪt/

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

4 beats
  1. pɑɹpɑɹ
  2. tɪtɪstress
  3. səsə
  4. peɪtpeɪt
IPA (American)
/pɑɹˈtɪsəˌpeɪt/
IPA (British)
/pɑːtɪsɪpeɪt/
Respelling
pahr-TI-suh-payt
Syllables
4 — pɑɹ-TꞮ-sə-peɪt
Stress
Stress the second syllable: pɑɹ-TꞮ-sə-peɪt. “tɪ” 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

/pɑɹˈtɪsəˌpeɪt/

British

/pɑːtɪsɪpeɪt/

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Meaning

What “participate” means

  1. verb

    share in something

  2. verb

    become a participant; be involved in

    “enter a race”

Say it in a sentence

“Everyone is expected to participate at least once a session.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

8 sounds, in the order you say them
pp×2ɑahɹrtt×2ɪshort issəschwaeɪlong a

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Questions

“participate”, answered

How do you pronounce “participate”?

“participate” is pronounced /pɑɹˈtɪsəˌpeɪt/ (pahr-TI-suh-payt) in American English and /pɑːtɪsɪpeɪt/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “tɪ”. Build it as pɑɹ-TꞮ-sə-peɪt, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “participate” have?

4: pɑɹ · tɪ · sə · peɪt. The beat lands on the second, “tɪ”.

Is “participate” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /pɑɹˈtɪsəˌpeɪt/ (pahr-TI-suh-payt); British English says /pɑːtɪsɪpeɪt/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “participate” mean?

As a verb: share in something For example: “Everyone is expected to participate at least once a session.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “participate”?

Stress the second syllable: pɑɹ-TꞮ-sə-peɪt. “tɪ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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