How to pronounce “shuttle”
Say “shuttle” in 2 beats
shuttle
/ˈʃʌtəl/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ʃʌtəl/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- shuttʃʌstress
- letəl
- IPA (American)
- /ˈʃʌtəl/
- IPA (British)
- /ʃʌtəl/
- Respelling
- SHU-tuhl
- Syllables
- 2 — SHUTT-le
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: SHUTT-le. “shutt” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/ˈʃʌtəl/
/ʃʌtəl/
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What “shuttle” means
- noun
badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- noun
public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points
- noun
bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads
Say it in a sentence
“The shuttle landed just inside the line, so we argued.”“shuttle”, answered
How do you pronounce “shuttle”?
“shuttle” is pronounced /ˈʃʌtəl/ (SHU-tuhl) in American English and /ʃʌtəl/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “shutt”. Build it as SHUTT-le, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “shuttle” have?
2: shutt · le. The beat lands on the first, “shutt”.
Is “shuttle” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈʃʌtəl/ (SHU-tuhl); British English says /ʃʌtəl/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “shuttle” mean?
As a noun: badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers For example: “The shuttle landed just inside the line, so we argued.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “shuttle”?
Stress the first syllable: SHUTT-le. “shutt” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
Now say “shuttle” and see every sound
Record it once and sayit lines your audio up against the target sound by sound — what landed, what slipped, and what it sounded like instead.