How to pronounce “wrinkle”
Say “wrinkle” in 2 beats
wrinkle
/ˈɹɪŋkəl/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɹɪŋkəl/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- wrinkɹɪŋstress
- lekəl
- IPA (American)
- /ˈɹɪŋkəl/
- IPA (British)
- /ɹɪŋkəl/
- Respelling
- RING-kuhl
- Syllables
- 2 — WRINK-le
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: WRINK-le. “wrink” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/ˈɹɪŋkəl/
/ɹɪŋkəl/
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What “wrinkle” means
- noun
a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
“his face has many lines”
- noun
a minor difficulty
“they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out”
- noun
a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)
Say it in a sentence
“Hang the shirt now and the wrinkle will drop out overnight.”“wrinkle”, answered
How do you pronounce “wrinkle”?
“wrinkle” is pronounced /ˈɹɪŋkəl/ (RING-kuhl) in American English and /ɹɪŋkəl/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “wrink”. Build it as WRINK-le, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “wrinkle” have?
2: wrink · le. The beat lands on the first, “wrink”.
Is “wrinkle” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈɹɪŋkəl/ (RING-kuhl); British English says /ɹɪŋkəl/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “wrinkle” mean?
As a noun: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface For example: “his face has many lines” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “wrinkle”?
Stress the first syllable: WRINK-le. “wrink” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
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