How to pronounce “resilience”
Say “resilience” in 4 beats
resilience
/ɹɪˈzɪliəns/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɹɪsɪliəns/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- resɹɪ
- ilzɪstress
- ienli
- ceəns
- IPA (American)
- /ɹɪˈzɪliəns/
- IPA (British)
- /ɹɪsɪliəns/
- Also accepted
- /ɹɪˈzɪljəns/
- Respelling
- ri-ZI-lee-uhns
- Syllables
- 4 — res-IL-ien-ce
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: res-IL-ien-ce. “il” 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
/ɹɪˈzɪliəns/
/ɹɪsɪliəns/
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What “resilience” means
- noun
the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
- noun
an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
Say it in a sentence
“The resilience of that old rubber mat is remarkable.”“resilience”, answered
How do you pronounce “resilience”?
“resilience” is pronounced /ɹɪˈzɪliəns/ (ri-ZI-lee-uhns) in American English and /ɹɪsɪliəns/ in British English, and /ɹɪˈzɪljəns/ is also accepted — 4 syllables, stressed on “il”. Build it as res-IL-ien-ce, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “resilience” have?
4: res · il · ien · ce. The beat lands on the second, “il”.
Is “resilience” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ɹɪˈzɪliəns/ (ri-ZI-lee-uhns); British English says /ɹɪsɪliəns/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “resilience” mean?
As a noun: the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit For example: “The resilience of that old rubber mat is remarkable.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “resilience”?
Stress the second syllable: res-IL-ien-ce. “il” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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