How to pronounce “sagacious”
Say “sagacious” in 3 beats
sagacious
/səˈɡeɪʃəs/
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- sagsə
- acɡeɪstress
- iousʃəs
- IPA (American)
- /səˈɡeɪʃəs/
- IPA (British)
- /səˈɡeɪʃəs/
- Respelling
- suh-GAY-shuhs
- Syllables
- 3 — sag-AC-ious
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: sag-AC-ious. “ac” 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
Where “sagacious” goes wrong
- Often heard
“sag-AY-see-us”
the ci is a single sh sound: suh-GAY-shuhs
What “sagacious” means
- adjective
acutely insightful and wise
“much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument”
- adjective
skillful in statecraft or management
“an astute and sagacious statesman”
Say it in a sentence
“A sagacious old editor spotted the error in one reading.”“sagacious”, answered
How do you pronounce “sagacious”?
“sagacious” is pronounced /səˈɡeɪʃəs/ (suh-GAY-shuhs) — 3 syllables, stressed on “ac”. Build it as sag-AC-ious, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “sagacious” have?
3: sag · ac · ious. The beat lands on the second, “ac”. Read letter by letter it looks like 4 (sag-AY-see-us), and that careful version is not wrong — but ordinary speech runs it to 3.
What does “sagacious” mean?
As an adjective: acutely insightful and wise For example: “much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “sagacious”?
Stress the second syllable: sag-AC-ious. “ac” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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