How to pronounce “prosciutto”
Say “prosciutto” in 3 beats
prosciutto
/pɹəˈʃutoʊ/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /pɹəˈʃuːtəʊ/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- prospɹə
- ciutʃustress
- totoʊ
- IPA (American)
- /pɹəˈʃutoʊ/
- IPA (British)
- /pɹəˈʃuːtəʊ/
- Respelling
- pruh-SHOO-toh
- Syllables
- 3 — pros-CIUT-to
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: pros-CIUT-to. “ciut” 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
/pɹəˈʃutoʊ/
/pɹəˈʃuːtəʊ/
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Where “prosciutto” goes wrong
- Often heard
“pro-skee-OO-toh”
the sci is a single sh sound: pruh-SHOO-toh
What “prosciutto” means
- noun
Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin
Say it in a sentence
“A little prosciutto and some bread made the whole lunch.”“prosciutto”, answered
How do you pronounce “prosciutto”?
“prosciutto” is pronounced /pɹəˈʃutoʊ/ (pruh-SHOO-toh) in American English and /pɹəˈʃuːtəʊ/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “ciut”. Build it as pros-CIUT-to, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “prosciutto” have?
3: pros · ciut · to. The beat lands on the second, “ciut”. Read letter by letter it looks like 4 (pro-skee-OO-toh), and that careful version is not wrong — but ordinary speech runs it to 3.
Is “prosciutto” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /pɹəˈʃutoʊ/ (pruh-SHOO-toh); British English says /pɹəˈʃuːtəʊ/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “prosciutto” mean?
As a noun: Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin For example: “A little prosciutto and some bread made the whole lunch.”
Where is the stress in “prosciutto”?
Stress the second syllable: pros-CIUT-to. “ciut” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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