How to pronounce “paucity”
Say “paucity” in 3 beats
paucity
/ˈpɔsəˌti/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /pɔːsɪti/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- paucpɔstress
- itsə
- yti
- IPA (American)
- /ˈpɔsəˌti/
- IPA (British)
- /pɔːsɪti/
- Respelling
- PAW-suh-tee
- Syllables
- 3 — PAUC-it-y
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: PAUC-it-y. “pauc” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Legend — spelling and sound part company here
American and British are not the same here
/ˈpɔsəˌti/
/pɔːsɪti/
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What “paucity” means
- noun
an insufficient quantity or number
Say it in a sentence
“A paucity of buses makes the evening class impossible.”“paucity”, answered
How do you pronounce “paucity”?
“paucity” is pronounced /ˈpɔsəˌti/ (PAW-suh-tee) in American English and /pɔːsɪti/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “pauc”. Build it as PAUC-it-y, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “paucity” have?
3: pauc · it · y. The beat lands on the first, “pauc”.
Is “paucity” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈpɔsəˌti/ (PAW-suh-tee); British English says /pɔːsɪti/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “paucity” mean?
As a noun: an insufficient quantity or number For example: “A paucity of buses makes the evening class impossible.”
Where is the stress in “paucity”?
Stress the first syllable: PAUC-it-y. “pauc” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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