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Pronunciation

How to pronounce “passenger”

“passenger” is pronounced /ˈpæsəndʒɚ/ (PA-suhn-juh) in American English and /pasɪndʒə/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “pas”.
The sound

Say “passenger” in 3 beats

Say it like this

passenger

/ˈpæsəndʒɚ/

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

3 beats
  1. paspæstress
  2. sensən
  3. gerdʒɚ
IPA (American)
/ˈpæsəndʒɚ/
IPA (British)
/pasɪndʒə/
Respelling
PA-suhn-juh
Syllables
3 — PAS-sen-ger
Stress
Stress the first syllable: PAS-sen-ger. “pas” 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
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/ˈpæsəndʒɚ/

British

/pasɪndʒə/

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Meaning

What “passenger” means

  1. noun

    a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it

Say it in a sentence

“The only other passenger slept the whole way to Leeds.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

6 sounds, in the order you say them
ppæshort assəschwa×2nndʒj

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Questions

“passenger”, answered

How do you pronounce “passenger”?

“passenger” is pronounced /ˈpæsəndʒɚ/ (PA-suhn-juh) in American English and /pasɪndʒə/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “pas”. Build it as PAS-sen-ger, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “passenger” have?

3: pas · sen · ger. The beat lands on the first, “pas”.

Is “passenger” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /ˈpæsəndʒɚ/ (PA-suhn-juh); British English says /pasɪndʒə/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “passenger” mean?

As a noun: a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it For example: “The only other passenger slept the whole way to Leeds.”

Where is the stress in “passenger”?

Stress the first syllable: PAS-sen-ger. “pas” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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