How to pronounce “thousandth”
Say “thousandth” in 2 beats
thousandth
/ˈθaʊzəndθ/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /θaʊzəndθ/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- thousθaʊstress
- andthzəndθ
- IPA (American)
- /ˈθaʊzəndθ/
- IPA (British)
- /θaʊzəndθ/
- Also accepted
- /ˈθaʊzənθ/
- Respelling
- THOW-zuhndth
- Syllables
- 2 — THOUS-andth
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: THOUS-andth. “thous” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun, adjective
- Difficulty
- Legend — spelling and sound part company here
American and British are not the same here
/ˈθaʊzəndθ/
/θaʊzəndθ/
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What “thousandth” means
- noun
position 1,000 in a countable series of things
- noun
one part in a thousand equal parts
- adjective
the ordinal number of one thousand in counting order
Say it in a sentence
“This is the thousandth time I have explained the same rule.”“thousandth”, answered
How do you pronounce “thousandth”?
“thousandth” is pronounced /ˈθaʊzəndθ/ (THOW-zuhndth) in American English and /θaʊzəndθ/ in British English, and /ˈθaʊzənθ/ is also accepted — 2 syllables, stressed on “thous”. Build it as THOUS-andth, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “thousandth” have?
2: thous · andth. The beat lands on the first, “thous”.
Is “thousandth” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈθaʊzəndθ/ (THOW-zuhndth); British English says /θaʊzəndθ/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “thousandth” mean?
As a noun: position 1,000 in a countable series of things For example: “This is the thousandth time I have explained the same rule.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “thousandth”?
Stress the first syllable: THOUS-andth. “thous” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
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