How to pronounce “population”
Say “population” in 4 beats
population
/ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /pɒpjʊleɪʃən/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- poppɑ
- ulpjə
- atleɪstress
- ionʃən
- IPA (American)
- /ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən/
- IPA (British)
- /pɒpjʊleɪʃən/
- Respelling
- pah-pyuh-LAY-shuhn
- Syllables
- 4 — pop-ul-AT-ion
- Stress
- Stress the third syllable: pop-ul-AT-ion. “at” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall 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
/ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən/
/pɒpjʊleɪʃən/
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What “population” means
- noun
the people who inhabit a territory or state
“the population seemed to be well fed and clothed”
- noun
a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area
“they hired hunters to keep down the deer population”
- noun
(statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
“it is an estimate of the mean of the population”
Say it in a sentence
“The population of the town has doubled in twenty years.”“population”, answered
How do you pronounce “population”?
“population” is pronounced /ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən/ (pah-pyuh-LAY-shuhn) in American English and /pɒpjʊleɪʃən/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “at”. Build it as pop-ul-AT-ion, then run the third syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “population” have?
4: pop · ul · at · ion. The beat lands on the third, “at”.
Is “population” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən/ (pah-pyuh-LAY-shuhn); British English says /pɒpjʊleɪʃən/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “population” mean?
As a noun: the people who inhabit a territory or state For example: “the population seemed to be well fed and clothed” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “population”?
Stress the third syllable: pop-ul-AT-ion. “at” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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