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Pronunciation

How to pronounce “recipient”

“recipient” is pronounced /ɹəˈsɪpiənt/ (ruh-SI-pee-uhnt) in American English and /ɹɪsɪpiənt/ in British English, and /ɹɪˈsɪpiənt/ is also accepted — 4 syllables, stressed on “sɪ”.
The sound

Say “recipient” in 4 beats

Say it like this

recipient

/ɹəˈsɪpiənt/

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

4 beats
  1. ɹəɹə
  2. sɪsɪstress
  3. pipi
  4. əntənt
IPA (American)
/ɹəˈsɪpiənt/
IPA (British)
/ɹɪsɪpiənt/
Also accepted
/ɹɪˈsɪpiənt/
Respelling
ruh-SI-pee-uhnt
Syllables
4 — ɹə-SꞮ-pi-ənt
Stress
Stress the second syllable: ɹə-SꞮ-pi-ənt. “sɪ” 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

/ɹəˈsɪpiənt/

British

/ɹɪsɪpiənt/

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Meaning

What “recipient” means

  1. noun

    a person who receives something

  2. noun

    the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

Say it in a sentence

“The recipient of the letter had moved to Canada.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

8 sounds, in the order you say them
ɹrəschwassɪshort ippɪəearnntt

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Questions

“recipient”, answered

How do you pronounce “recipient”?

“recipient” is pronounced /ɹəˈsɪpiənt/ (ruh-SI-pee-uhnt) in American English and /ɹɪsɪpiənt/ in British English, and /ɹɪˈsɪpiənt/ is also accepted — 4 syllables, stressed on “sɪ”. Build it as ɹə-SꞮ-pi-ənt, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “recipient” have?

4: ɹə · sɪ · pi · ənt. The beat lands on the second, “sɪ”.

Is “recipient” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /ɹəˈsɪpiənt/ (ruh-SI-pee-uhnt); British English says /ɹɪsɪpiənt/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “recipient” mean?

As a noun: a person who receives something For example: “The recipient of the letter had moved to Canada.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “recipient”?

Stress the second syllable: ɹə-SꞮ-pi-ənt. “sɪ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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