English pronunciation · Words Starting with A
Advantage Pronunciation
Advantage is pronounced ad-VAN-tij, IPA /ædˈvæntɪdʒ/.
ad-VAN-tij
US /ædˈvæntɪdʒ/ · UK /ədˈvɑːntɪdʒ/
Syllables: ad · VAN · tij (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: A circumstance that makes success more likely for one side than for another.
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Advantage in a Sentence
- Knowing the building gave her a real advantage.
- He took advantage of the quiet morning to finish the report.
- Advantage, Williams, called the umpire.
Common Mispronunciations of Advantage
Not ad-van-TAYJ
VAN takes the punch and the ending shrinks to a dull tij, nothing like the tayj of the French avantage the word came from.
Not AD-van-tij
Here the opening ad is a stepping stone and nothing more, so a loud front turns the word into advent with extra letters on the end.
Tip: The middle vowel splits the accents: most Americans use the a of cat, while southern England reaches for the ah of father, ad-VAHN-tij.
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