How to pronounce “recondite”
Say “recondite” in 3 beats
recondite
/ˈɹɛkənˌdaɪt/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɹiːkəndaɪt/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- ɹɛɹɛstress
- kənkən
- daɪtdaɪt
- IPA (American)
- /ˈɹɛkənˌdaɪt/
- IPA (British)
- /ɹiːkəndaɪt/
- Respelling
- RE-kuhn-dyt
- Syllables
- 3 — ɹƐ-kən-daɪt
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: ɹƐ-kən-daɪt. “ɹɛ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Difficulty
- Legend — spelling and sound part company here
American and British are not the same here
/ˈɹɛkənˌdaɪt/
/ɹiːkəndaɪt/
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What “recondite” means
- adjective
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
“the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them”
Say it in a sentence
“His recondite hobby involves cataloguing medieval roof tiles.”“recondite”, answered
How do you pronounce “recondite”?
“recondite” is pronounced /ˈɹɛkənˌdaɪt/ (RE-kuhn-dyt) in American English and /ɹiːkəndaɪt/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “ɹɛ”. Build it as ɹƐ-kən-daɪt, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “recondite” have?
3: ɹɛ · kən · daɪt. The beat lands on the first, “ɹɛ”.
Is “recondite” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈɹɛkənˌdaɪt/ (RE-kuhn-dyt); British English says /ɹiːkəndaɪt/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “recondite” mean?
As an adjective: difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge For example: “the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them”
Where is the stress in “recondite”?
Stress the first syllable: ɹƐ-kən-daɪt. “ɹɛ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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