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Pronunciation

How to pronounce “reconcile”

“reconcile” is pronounced /ˈɹɛkənˌsaɪl/ (RE-kuhn-syl) in American English and /ɹɛkənsaɪl/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “ɹɛ”.
The sound

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reconcile

/ˈɹɛkənˌsaɪl/

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

3 beats
  1. ɹɛɹɛstress
  2. kənkən
  3. saɪlsaɪl
IPA (American)
/ˈɹɛkənˌsaɪl/
IPA (British)
/ɹɛkənsaɪl/
Respelling
RE-kuhn-syl
Syllables
3 — ɹƐ-kən-saɪl
Stress
Stress the first syllable: ɹƐ-kən-saɪl. “ɹɛ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Part of speech
verb
Difficulty
Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/ˈɹɛkənˌsaɪl/

British

/ɹɛkənsaɪl/

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Meaning

What “reconcile” means

  1. verb

    make (one thing) compatible with (another)

    “The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories”

  2. verb

    bring into consonance or accord

    “harmonize one's goals with one's abilities”

  3. verb

    come to terms

    “After some discussion we finally made up”

Say it in a sentence

“It is hard to reconcile those two accounts of the evening.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

8 sounds, in the order you say them
ɹrɛshort ekkəschwannssaɪlong ill

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Questions

“reconcile”, answered

How do you pronounce “reconcile”?

“reconcile” is pronounced /ˈɹɛkənˌsaɪl/ (RE-kuhn-syl) in American English and /ɹɛkənsaɪl/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “ɹɛ”. Build it as ɹƐ-kən-saɪl, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “reconcile” have?

3: ɹɛ · kən · saɪl. The beat lands on the first, “ɹɛ”.

Is “reconcile” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /ˈɹɛkənˌsaɪl/ (RE-kuhn-syl); British English says /ɹɛkənsaɪl/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “reconcile” mean?

As a verb: make (one thing) compatible with (another) For example: “The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “reconcile”?

Stress the first syllable: ɹƐ-kən-saɪl. “ɹɛ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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