English pronunciation · Words Starting with A
Adobe Pronunciation
Adobe is pronounced uh-DOH-bee, IPA /əˈdoʊbi/.
uh-DOH-bee
US /əˈdoʊbi/ · UK /əˈdəʊbi/
Syllables: uh · DOH · bee (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: A sun dried clay brick, or a building made from them.
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Adobe in a Sentence
- The walls are adobe, two feet thick.
- They rebuilt the adobe after the flood.
- Adobe keeps a house cool in a desert summer.
Common Mispronunciations of Adobe
Not uh-DOHB
That final e is spoken as a clear ee, which the Spanish original gives it. Three beats, not two.
Not A-doh-bee
DOH takes the push in the middle and the opening a is a bare uh. The word came through Spanish from Arabic and kept the middle weight.
Tip: The software company took its name from a creek in California, and the brick and the brand are said the same way.
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