How to pronounce “perfidy”
Say “perfidy” in 3 beats
perfidy
/ˈpɝfɪdi/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /pɜːfɪdi/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- perpɝstress
- fidfɪ
- ydi
- IPA (American)
- /ˈpɝfɪdi/
- IPA (British)
- /pɜːfɪdi/
- Respelling
- PUR-fi-dee
- Syllables
- 3 — PER-fid-y
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: PER-fid-y. “per” 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
/ˈpɝfɪdi/
/pɜːfɪdi/
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What “perfidy” means
- noun
betrayal of a trust
- noun
an act of deliberate betrayal
Say it in a sentence
“The perfidy of a close friend is hardest to forgive.”“perfidy”, answered
How do you pronounce “perfidy”?
“perfidy” is pronounced /ˈpɝfɪdi/ (PUR-fi-dee) in American English and /pɜːfɪdi/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “per”. Build it as PER-fid-y, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “perfidy” have?
3: per · fid · y. The beat lands on the first, “per”.
Is “perfidy” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈpɝfɪdi/ (PUR-fi-dee); British English says /pɜːfɪdi/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “perfidy” mean?
As a noun: betrayal of a trust For example: “The perfidy of a close friend is hardest to forgive.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “perfidy”?
Stress the first syllable: PER-fid-y. “per” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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