How to pronounce “turnover”
Say “turnover” in 3 beats
turnover
/ˈtɝˌnoʊvɚ/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /tɜːnəʊvə/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- turtɝstress
- novnoʊ
- ervɚ
- IPA (American)
- /ˈtɝˌnoʊvɚ/
- IPA (British)
- /tɜːnəʊvə/
- Respelling
- TUR-noh-vuh
- Syllables
- 3 — TUR-nov-er
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: TUR-nov-er. “tur” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/ˈtɝˌnoʊvɚ/
/tɜːnəʊvə/
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What “turnover” means
- noun
the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers
- noun
a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling
- noun
the volume measured in dollars
“the store's dollar volume continues to rise”
Say it in a sentence
“Turnover rose but profit stayed almost exactly the same.”“turnover”, answered
How do you pronounce “turnover”?
“turnover” is pronounced /ˈtɝˌnoʊvɚ/ (TUR-noh-vuh) in American English and /tɜːnəʊvə/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “tur”. Build it as TUR-nov-er, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “turnover” have?
3: tur · nov · er. The beat lands on the first, “tur”.
Is “turnover” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈtɝˌnoʊvɚ/ (TUR-noh-vuh); British English says /tɜːnəʊvə/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “turnover” mean?
As a noun: the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers For example: “Turnover rose but profit stayed almost exactly the same.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “turnover”?
Stress the first syllable: TUR-nov-er. “tur” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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