HOW TO PRONOUNCE
anecdote
/ˈænəkˌdoʊt/
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Stress “an” and keep “k” before “d.”
Use three syllables, with a light middle vowel. Move through k directly into d before the long o of the final dote, which carries only secondary stress.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“She shared an anecdote from her childhood.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does anecdote mean?
noun
- A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
- An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
- A previously untold secret account of an incident.
More meanings (1)
verb
- To tell anecdotes (about).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈænəkˌdoʊt/
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He has the very face for the driver in Sam Weller’s anecdote, who upset the election party at the required point.
Connected with them and the exercise of the arte de esquilar, in Gypsy monrabar, I have a curious anecdote to relate.
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Singleton talked more than he had ever done before, explained them all, and told some quaintly humorous anecdote about the production of each.
Such an instance is the following anecdote of heroism, which in the original is quoted in one of F.W. Robertson's lectures on Poetry.
"I beg your Honors to read the testimony of Mr. Clarke in the light of the anecdote of the pickerel and the roach."