How to pronounce “story”
Say “story” in 2 beats
story
/ˈstɔɹi/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /stɔːɹi/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- storstɔstress
- yɹi
- IPA (American)
- /ˈstɔɹi/
- IPA (British)
- /stɔːɹi/
- Respelling
- STAW-ree
- Syllables
- 2 — STOR-y
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: STOR-y. “stor” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Beginner — most learners get this on the first take
American and British are not the same here
/ˈstɔɹi/
/stɔːɹi/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “story” means
- noun
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
“his narrative was interesting”
- noun
a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
“he writes stories for the magazines”
- noun
a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
“what level is the office on?”
Say it in a sentence
“He told the children a bedtime story about a dragon.”“story”, answered
How do you pronounce “story”?
“story” is pronounced /ˈstɔɹi/ (STAW-ree) in American English and /stɔːɹi/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “stor”. Build it as STOR-y, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “story” have?
2: stor · y. The beat lands on the first, “stor”.
Is “story” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈstɔɹi/ (STAW-ree); British English says /stɔːɹi/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “story” mean?
As a noun: a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program For example: “his narrative was interesting” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “story”?
Stress the first syllable: STOR-y. “stor” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
Now say “story” 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.