HOW TO PRONOUNCE
protocol
/ˈpɹoʊtəˌkɑl/
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Start with the vowel in “pro.”
The first syllable carries the main stress. Keep the middle vowel relaxed; The IPA shows different last vowels while retaining the same main stress pattern.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“Both systems use the same protocol.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does protocol mean?
noun
- An amendment to an official treaty.
- The first leaf of a roll of papyrus, or the official mark typically found on such a page.
- The official formulas which appeared at the beginning or end of certain official documents such as charters, papal bulls etc.
More meanings (12)
noun
- The original notes of observations made during an experiment.
- The precise method for carrying out or reproducing a given experiment.
- The official rules and guidelines for heads of state and other dignitaries, governing accepted behaviour in relations with other diplomatic representatives or over affairs of state.
- An accepted code of conduct; acceptable behaviour in a given situation or group.
- A set of formal rules describing how to transmit or exchange data, especially across a network.
- The set of instructions allowing a licensed medical professional to start, modify, or stop a medical or patient care order.
- The introduction of a liturgical preface, immediately following the Sursum corda dialogue.
- In some programming languages, a data type declaring a set of members that must be implemented by a class or other data type.
- (historical) The minutes, or official record, of a negotiation or transaction; especially a document drawn up officially which forms the legal basis for subsequent agreements based on it.
- (archaic) An official record of a diplomatic meeting or negotiation; later specifically, a draft document setting out agreements to be signed into force by a subsequent formal treaty.
verb
- (obsolete) To make a protocol of.
- (obsolete) To make or write protocols, or first drafts; to issue protocols.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpɹoʊtəˌkɑl/
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ARTICLE 5 The statistical data to be used for the application of this protocol shall be provided by the Commission.
I once had to write a protocol based on the testimony of a famous scholar who was witness in a small affair.