HOW TO PRONOUNCE
accountant
/əˈkaʊntənt/
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American Pronunciation Guide · 1:03
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Give “coun” the main beat, using the vowel in “cow.”
Use three syllables and a light opening uh. Keep the n and t after the stressed vowel connected, then finish with a lighter vowel and another nt ending.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The accountant reviewed the totals.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does accountant mean?
noun
- One who renders account; one accountable.
- A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).
- One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
More meanings (3)
noun
- One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.
- A sex worker, particularly one who does not want to be publicized as one.
adjective
- (obsolete) Accountable.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈkaʊntənt/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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See this word in context.
The Accountant had brought out already a box of dominoes, and was toying architecturally with the bones.
The office of accountant, which he held, precluded him from taking any part in the manufacturing operations of the concern.
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The experienced accountant can add figures continuously for eight hours a day, and at the end of the day may feel no great exhaustion.
Mr. B. Eastwood, the chief accountant of the Uganda Railway, once gave me a graphic description of his marvellous escape from an infuriated rhino.
“He wants to see a battle,” said Zherkóv to Bolkónski, pointing to the accountant, “but he feels a pain in the pit of his stomach already.”