HOW TO PRONOUNCE
connecticut
/kəˈnɛtəkət/
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Skip the c before the second t.
The second syllable carries the main stress. Use no k sound between the stressed vowel and the following t; the last syllable still begins with k.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The conference is in Connecticut.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does connecticut mean?
proper noun
- A state in the northeastern United States.
- A river in New England, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
/kəˈnɛtəkət/
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One branch of the legislature of Connecticut is so constituted that each member of it is elected by the whole State.
One of the last of the philosophers,—Connecticut gave him to the world,—he peddled first her wares, afterwards, as he declares, his brains.
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This was Georgiana, the only daughter of the parson, who had but just returned from Connecticut, where she had finished her education.
In Connecticut the punishment is total disqualification for office or employ, and a fine, varying from one hundred to a thousand dollars.
Mease reports a fourth ease from Connecticut, in which a man of twenty-six was stung by a bee on the tip of the nose.