How to pronounce “resilient”
Say “resilient” in 3 beats
resilient
/ɹɪˈzɪljənt/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɹɪˈzɪlɪənt/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- resɹɪ
- ilzɪstress
- ientljənt
- IPA (American)
- /ɹɪˈzɪljənt/
- IPA (British)
- /ɹɪˈzɪlɪənt/
- Respelling
- rih-ZIL-yuhnt
- Syllables
- 3 — res-IL-ient
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: res-IL-ient. “il” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/ɹɪˈzɪljənt/
/ɹɪˈzɪlɪənt/
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Where “resilient” goes wrong
- Often heard
“ree-SIL-ee-ent”
the s is a z sound and the -ient collapses to yuhnt
What “resilient” means
- adjective
recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
- adjective
elastic; rebounds readily
“clean bouncy hair”
Say it in a sentence
“The old apple tree proved more resilient than anyone expected.”“resilient”, answered
How do you pronounce “resilient”?
“resilient” is pronounced /ɹɪˈzɪljənt/ (rih-ZIL-yuhnt) in American English and /ɹɪˈzɪlɪənt/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “il”. Build it as res-IL-ient, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “resilient” have?
3: res · il · ient. The beat lands on the second, “il”. Read letter by letter it looks like 4 (ree-SIL-ee-ent), and that careful version is not wrong — but ordinary speech runs it to 3.
Is “resilient” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ɹɪˈzɪljənt/ (rih-ZIL-yuhnt); British English says /ɹɪˈzɪlɪənt/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “resilient” mean?
As an adjective: recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like For example: “The old apple tree proved more resilient than anyone expected.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “resilient”?
Stress the second syllable: res-IL-ient. “il” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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