HOW TO PRONOUNCE
articulate
/ɑɹˈtɪkjəˌleɪt/
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As a verb, end with late.
Stress TIC and keep the y after k. The adjective has a lighter final vowel.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“She can articulate the idea clearly.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does articulate mean?
verb
- To make clear or effective.
- To speak clearly; to enunciate.
- To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
More meanings (12)
verb
- To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
- To attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
- To form a joint or connect by joints.
- (obsolete) To treat or make terms.
adjective
- Clear; effective.
- Speaking in a clear and effective manner; having both good articulation and good elocution.
- Consisting of segments united by joints.
- Distinctly marked off.
- (obsolete) Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
- (obsolete) Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.
- (obsolete) Articulated (all senses).
noun
- An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɑɹˈtɪkjəˌleɪt/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.leɪt//ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.lət/
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See this word in context.
He swallowed hard on bitter words and changed what he would have liked to say three times before it became articulate.
Man, therefore, had by nature his organs so fashioned, as to be fit to frame articulate sounds, which we call words.
More book examples (3)
But the faculty of articulate speech comes in, enabling us to form the crude elements of reason and inference into a code.
One perceives, without understanding it, a hideous murmur, sounding almost like human accents, but more nearly resembling a howl than an articulate word.
But the connection is finally made,--desire becomes definitely articulate in the cry of the baby, which thus becomes a plea and a summons.