How to pronounce “patience”
Say “patience” in 2 beats
patience
/ˈpeɪʃəns/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /peɪʃəns/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- peɪpeɪstress
- ʃənsʃəns
- IPA (American)
- /ˈpeɪʃəns/
- IPA (British)
- /peɪʃəns/
- Respelling
- PAY-shuhns
- Syllables
- 2 — PEꞮ-ʃəns
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: PEꞮ-ʃəns. “peɪ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls 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
/ˈpeɪʃəns/
/peɪʃəns/
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What “patience” means
- noun
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
- noun
a card game played by one person
Say it in a sentence
“Teaching young children takes more patience than energy.”“patience”, answered
How do you pronounce “patience”?
“patience” is pronounced /ˈpeɪʃəns/ (PAY-shuhns) in American English and /peɪʃəns/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “peɪ”. Build it as PEꞮ-ʃəns, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “patience” have?
2: peɪ · ʃəns. The beat lands on the first, “peɪ”.
Is “patience” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈpeɪʃəns/ (PAY-shuhns); British English says /peɪʃəns/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “patience” mean?
As a noun: good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence For example: “Teaching young children takes more patience than energy.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “patience”?
Stress the first syllable: PEꞮ-ʃəns. “peɪ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
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