How to pronounce “placate”
Say “placate” in 2 beats
placate
/ˈpleɪkeɪt/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /plɐkeɪt/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- pleɪpleɪstress
- keɪtkeɪt
- IPA (American)
- /ˈpleɪkeɪt/
- IPA (British)
- /plɐkeɪt/
- Respelling
- PLAY-kayt
- Syllables
- 2 — PLEꞮ-keɪt
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: PLEꞮ-keɪt. “pleɪ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Difficulty
- Legend — spelling and sound part company here
American and British are not the same here
/ˈpleɪkeɪt/
/plɐkeɪt/
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What “placate” means
- verb
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
“She managed to mollify the angry customer”
Say it in a sentence
“Nothing we said could placate the driver behind us.”The sounds inside this word
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“placate”, answered
How do you pronounce “placate”?
“placate” is pronounced /ˈpleɪkeɪt/ (PLAY-kayt) in American English and /plɐkeɪt/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “pleɪ”. Build it as PLEꞮ-keɪt, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “placate” have?
2: pleɪ · keɪt. The beat lands on the first, “pleɪ”.
Is “placate” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈpleɪkeɪt/ (PLAY-kayt); British English says /plɐkeɪt/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “placate” mean?
As a verb: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of For example: “She managed to mollify the angry customer”
Where is the stress in “placate”?
Stress the first syllable: PLEꞮ-keɪt. “pleɪ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
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