How to pronounce “raspberry”
Say “raspberry” in 3 beats
raspberry
/ˈɹæzˌbɛɹi/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ˈɹɑːzbəɹi/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- raspɹæzstress
- berbɛ
- ryɹi
- IPA (American)
- /ˈɹæzˌbɛɹi/
- IPA (British)
- /ˈɹɑːzbəɹi/
- Respelling
- RAZ-bair-ee
- Syllables
- 3 — RASP-ber-ry
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: RASP-ber-ry. “rasp” 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
American and British are not the same here
/ˈɹæzˌbɛɹi/
/ˈɹɑːzbəɹi/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
Where “raspberry” goes wrong
- Often heard
“RASP-berry”
the p is silent and the s is a z: RAZ-bair-ee
What “raspberry” means
- noun
woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries
- noun
red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries
- noun
a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
Say it in a sentence
“We picked enough raspberry canes to fill two small baskets.”“raspberry”, answered
How do you pronounce “raspberry”?
“raspberry” is pronounced /ˈɹæzˌbɛɹi/ (RAZ-bair-ee) in American English and /ˈɹɑːzbəɹi/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “rasp”. Build it as RASP-ber-ry, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “raspberry” have?
3: rasp · ber · ry. The beat lands on the first, “rasp”.
Is “raspberry” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈɹæzˌbɛɹi/ (RAZ-bair-ee); British English says /ˈɹɑːzbəɹi/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “raspberry” mean?
As a noun: woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries For example: “We picked enough raspberry canes to fill two small baskets.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “raspberry”?
Stress the first syllable: RASP-ber-ry. “rasp” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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