How to pronounce “super”
Say “super” in 2 beats
super
/ˈsupɚ/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /suːpə/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- supsustress
- erpɚ
- IPA (American)
- /ˈsupɚ/
- IPA (British)
- /suːpə/
- Respelling
- SOO-puh
- Syllables
- 2 — SUP-er
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: SUP-er. “sup” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun, adjective, adverb
- Difficulty
- Beginner — most learners get this on the first take
American and British are not the same here
/ˈsupɚ/
/suːpə/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “super” means
- noun
a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
- adjective
of the highest quality
“an ace reporter”
- adjective
including more than a specified category
“a super experiment”
Say it in a sentence
“The soup turned out to be super spicy this time.”“super”, answered
How do you pronounce “super”?
“super” is pronounced /ˈsupɚ/ (SOO-puh) in American English and /suːpə/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “sup”. Build it as SUP-er, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “super” have?
2: sup · er. The beat lands on the first, “sup”.
Is “super” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈsupɚ/ (SOO-puh); British English says /suːpə/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “super” mean?
As a noun: a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector For example: “The soup turned out to be super spicy this time.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “super”?
Stress the first syllable: SUP-er. “sup” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
Now say “super” 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.