How to pronounce “profligate”
Say “profligate” in 3 beats
profligate
/ˈpɹɔflɪˌɡeɪt/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /pɹɒflɪɡeɪt/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- pɹɔpɹɔstress
- flɪflɪ
- ɡeɪtɡeɪt
- IPA (American)
- /ˈpɹɔflɪˌɡeɪt/
- IPA (British)
- /pɹɒflɪɡeɪt/
- Respelling
- PRAW-fli-gayt
- Syllables
- 3 — PɹƆ-flɪ-ɡeɪt
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: PɹƆ-flɪ-ɡeɪt. “pɹɔ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun, adjective
- Difficulty
- Legend — spelling and sound part company here
American and British are not the same here
/ˈpɹɔflɪˌɡeɪt/
/pɹɒflɪɡeɪt/
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What “profligate” means
- noun
a dissolute man in fashionable society
- noun
a recklessly extravagant consumer
- adjective
recklessly wasteful
“prodigal in their expenditures”
Say it in a sentence
“The old profligate spent every penny and regretted nothing.”“profligate”, answered
How do you pronounce “profligate”?
“profligate” is pronounced /ˈpɹɔflɪˌɡeɪt/ (PRAW-fli-gayt) in American English and /pɹɒflɪɡeɪt/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “pɹɔ”. Build it as PɹƆ-flɪ-ɡeɪt, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “profligate” have?
3: pɹɔ · flɪ · ɡeɪt. The beat lands on the first, “pɹɔ”.
Is “profligate” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈpɹɔflɪˌɡeɪt/ (PRAW-fli-gayt); British English says /pɹɒflɪɡeɪt/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “profligate” mean?
As a noun: a dissolute man in fashionable society For example: “The old profligate spent every penny and regretted nothing.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “profligate”?
Stress the first syllable: PɹƆ-flɪ-ɡeɪt. “pɹɔ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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