HOW TO PRONOUNCE
athlete
/ˈæθˌlit/
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Connect “th” directly to “l.”
Use two vowel beats, with the first strongest. Move from the th sound straight into l without inserting an extra vowel between them, then finish with the long ee vowel and t.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The athlete warmed up before the race.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does athlete mean?
noun
- A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
- A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson.
- An exceptionally physically fit person.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæθˌlit/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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“It would have been rather awkward,” remarked Brown, “if you had found he was a popular athlete practising a mile race.”
Next we find him a trained athlete and skilled laborer, capable of applying himself to most anything he cares to do.
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Altogether it was an exhausting pastime--fully equal to the American game of football and only the young athlete could really enjoy it.
It is a case of a great athlete making a second-class game first class, by sheer power of personality and fighting ability.
Then the athlete lay on his back for the rest of the day, while I finished alone the business we had come on.