How to pronounce “scenery”
Say “scenery” in 3 beats
scenery
/ˈsinɚi/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /siːnəɹi/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- scensistress
- ernɚ
- yi
- IPA (American)
- /ˈsinɚi/
- IPA (British)
- /siːnəɹi/
- Respelling
- SEE-nuh-ee
- Syllables
- 3 — SCEN-er-y
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: SCEN-er-y. “scen” 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
/ˈsinɚi/
/siːnəɹi/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “scenery” means
- noun
the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
“they worked all night painting the scenery”
- noun
the appearance of a place
Say it in a sentence
“The scenery along that road is worth the extra hour.”“scenery”, answered
How do you pronounce “scenery”?
“scenery” is pronounced /ˈsinɚi/ (SEE-nuh-ee) in American English and /siːnəɹi/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “scen”. Build it as SCEN-er-y, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “scenery” have?
3: scen · er · y. The beat lands on the first, “scen”.
Is “scenery” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈsinɚi/ (SEE-nuh-ee); British English says /siːnəɹi/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “scenery” mean?
As a noun: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale For example: “they worked all night painting the scenery” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “scenery”?
Stress the first syllable: SCEN-er-y. “scen” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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