How to pronounce “therapeutic”
Say “therapeutic” in 4 beats
therapeutic
/ˌθɛɹəˈpjutɪk/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /θɛɹəpjuːtɪk/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- therθɛ
- apɹə
- eutpjustress
- ictɪk
- IPA (American)
- /ˌθɛɹəˈpjutɪk/
- IPA (British)
- /θɛɹəpjuːtɪk/
- Respelling
- the-ruh-PYOO-tik
- Syllables
- 4 — ther-ap-EUT-ic
- Stress
- Stress the third syllable: ther-ap-EUT-ic. “eut” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun, adjective
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/ˌθɛɹəˈpjutɪk/
/θɛɹəpjuːtɪk/
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What “therapeutic” means
- noun
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
- adjective
tending to cure or restore to health
“curative powers of herbal remedies”
- adjective
relating to or involved in therapy
“therapeutic approach to criminality”
Say it in a sentence
“Gardening turned out to be unexpectedly therapeutic.”“therapeutic”, answered
How do you pronounce “therapeutic”?
“therapeutic” is pronounced /ˌθɛɹəˈpjutɪk/ (the-ruh-PYOO-tik) in American English and /θɛɹəpjuːtɪk/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “eut”. Build it as ther-ap-EUT-ic, then run the third syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “therapeutic” have?
4: ther · ap · eut · ic. The beat lands on the third, “eut”.
Is “therapeutic” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˌθɛɹəˈpjutɪk/ (the-ruh-PYOO-tik); British English says /θɛɹəpjuːtɪk/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “therapeutic” mean?
As a noun: a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain For example: “Gardening turned out to be unexpectedly therapeutic.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “therapeutic”?
Stress the third syllable: ther-ap-EUT-ic. “eut” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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