How to pronounce “patients”
Say “patients” in 2 beats
patients
/ˈpeɪʃənts/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /peɪʃənts/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- patpeɪstress
- ientsʃənts
- IPA (American)
- /ˈpeɪʃənts/
- IPA (British)
- /peɪʃənts/
- Also accepted
- /ˈpeɪʃənz/
- Respelling
- PAY-shuhnts
- Syllables
- 2 — PAT-ients
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: PAT-ients. “pat” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Beginner — most learners get this on the first take
American and British are not the same here
/ˈpeɪʃənts/
/peɪʃənts/
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What “patients” means
- noun
a person who requires medical care
“the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly”
- noun
the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
Say it in a sentence
“The clinic sees dozens of patients every single day.”“patients”, answered
How do you pronounce “patients”?
“patients” is pronounced /ˈpeɪʃənts/ (PAY-shuhnts) in American English and /peɪʃənts/ in British English, and /ˈpeɪʃənz/ is also accepted — 2 syllables, stressed on “pat”. Build it as PAT-ients, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “patients” have?
2: pat · ients. The beat lands on the first, “pat”.
Is “patients” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈpeɪʃənts/ (PAY-shuhnts); British English says /peɪʃənts/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “patients” mean?
As a noun: a person who requires medical care For example: “the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “patients”?
Stress the first syllable: PAT-ients. “pat” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
Now say “patients” and see every sound
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