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How to pronounce “prosperity”

“prosperity” is pronounced /pɹɑˈspɛɹəti/ (prah-SPE-ruh-tee) in American English and /pɹəspɛɹɪti/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “per”.
The sound

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prosperity

/pɹɑˈspɛɹəti/

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

4 beats
  1. prospɹɑ
  2. perspɛstress
  3. itɹə
  4. yti
IPA (American)
/pɹɑˈspɛɹəti/
IPA (British)
/pɹəspɛɹɪti/
Respelling
prah-SPE-ruh-tee
Syllables
4 — pros-PER-it-y
Stress
Stress the second syllable: pros-PER-it-y. “per” 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

/pɹɑˈspɛɹəti/

British

/pɹəspɛɹɪti/

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Meaning

What “prosperity” means

  1. noun

    an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment

  2. noun

    the condition of prospering; having good fortune

Say it in a sentence

“The railway brought prosperity to the town for about forty years.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

8 sounds, in the order you say them
pp×2ɹr×2ɑahssɛshort eəschwattilong e

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Questions

“prosperity”, answered

How do you pronounce “prosperity”?

“prosperity” is pronounced /pɹɑˈspɛɹəti/ (prah-SPE-ruh-tee) in American English and /pɹəspɛɹɪti/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “per”. Build it as pros-PER-it-y, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “prosperity” have?

4: pros · per · it · y. The beat lands on the second, “per”.

Is “prosperity” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /pɹɑˈspɛɹəti/ (prah-SPE-ruh-tee); British English says /pɹəspɛɹɪti/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “prosperity” mean?

As a noun: an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment For example: “The railway brought prosperity to the town for about forty years.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “prosperity”?

Stress the second syllable: pros-PER-it-y. “per” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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