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How to pronounce “prognosis”

“prognosis” is pronounced /pɹɑɡˈnoʊsəs/ (prahg-NOH-suhs) in American English and /pɹɒɡnəʊsɪs/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “nos”.
The sound

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prognosis

/pɹɑɡˈnoʊsəs/

The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /pɹɒɡnəʊsɪs/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.

3 beats
  1. progpɹɑɡ
  2. nosnoʊstress
  3. issəs
IPA (American)
/pɹɑɡˈnoʊsəs/
IPA (British)
/pɹɒɡnəʊsɪs/
Respelling
prahg-NOH-suhs
Syllables
3 — prog-NOS-is
Stress
Stress the second syllable: prog-NOS-is. “nos” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Part of speech
noun
Difficulty
Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/pɹɑɡˈnoʊsəs/

British

/pɹɒɡnəʊsɪs/

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Meaning

What “prognosis” means

  1. noun

    a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

  2. noun

    a prediction of the course of a disease

Say it in a sentence

“The prognosis was far better than the family had feared.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

8 sounds, in the order you say them
ppɹrɑahɡgnnoʊlong oss×2əschwa

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Questions

“prognosis”, answered

How do you pronounce “prognosis”?

“prognosis” is pronounced /pɹɑɡˈnoʊsəs/ (prahg-NOH-suhs) in American English and /pɹɒɡnəʊsɪs/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “nos”. Build it as prog-NOS-is, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “prognosis” have?

3: prog · nos · is. The beat lands on the second, “nos”.

Is “prognosis” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /pɹɑɡˈnoʊsəs/ (prahg-NOH-suhs); British English says /pɹɒɡnəʊsɪs/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “prognosis” mean?

As a noun: a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop For example: “The prognosis was far better than the family had feared.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “prognosis”?

Stress the second syllable: prog-NOS-is. “nos” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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