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How to pronounce “repudiate”

“repudiate” is pronounced /ɹiˈpjudiˌeɪt/ (ree-PYOO-dee-ayt) in American English and /ɹɪpjuːdɪeɪt/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “ud”.
The sound

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repudiate

/ɹiˈpjudiˌeɪt/

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

4 beats
  1. repɹi
  2. udpjustress
  3. iatdi
  4. eeɪt
IPA (American)
/ɹiˈpjudiˌeɪt/
IPA (British)
/ɹɪpjuːdɪeɪt/
Respelling
ree-PYOO-dee-ayt
Syllables
4 — rep-UD-iat-e
Stress
Stress the second syllable: rep-UD-iat-e. “ud” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Part of speech
verb
Difficulty
Legend — spelling and sound part company here
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/ɹiˈpjudiˌeɪt/

British

/ɹɪpjuːdɪeɪt/

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Meaning

What “repudiate” means

  1. verb

    cast off

    “She renounced her husband”

  2. verb

    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

    “The woman repudiated the divorce settlement”

  3. verb

    refuse to recognize or pay

    “repudiate a debt”

Say it in a sentence

“She was quick to repudiate the claim about her father.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

8 sounds, in the order you say them
ɹrilong e×2ppjyulong ooddeɪlong att

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Questions

“repudiate”, answered

How do you pronounce “repudiate”?

“repudiate” is pronounced /ɹiˈpjudiˌeɪt/ (ree-PYOO-dee-ayt) in American English and /ɹɪpjuːdɪeɪt/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “ud”. Build it as rep-UD-iat-e, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “repudiate” have?

4: rep · ud · iat · e. The beat lands on the second, “ud”.

Is “repudiate” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /ɹiˈpjudiˌeɪt/ (ree-PYOO-dee-ayt); British English says /ɹɪpjuːdɪeɪt/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “repudiate” mean?

As a verb: cast off For example: “She renounced her husband” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “repudiate”?

Stress the second syllable: rep-UD-iat-e. “ud” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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