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African Elephant Pronunciation
African Elephant is pronounced A-fruh-kuhn-E-luh-fuhnt, IPA /ˈæfrəkən ˈɛləfənt/.
A-fruh-kuhn-E-luh-fuhnt
US /ˈæfrəkən ˈɛləfənt/
Syllables: A · fruh · kuhn · E · luh · fuhnt (6 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun (phrase): The larger of the two living elephant species, found across sub-Saharan Africa.
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African Elephant in a Sentence
- An African elephant can weigh six tonnes.
- The African elephant has far larger ears than its Asian cousin.
- Poaching cut the African elephant population by half.
Common Mispronunciations of African Elephant
Not uh-FRI-kuhn-E-luh-fuhnt
Begin on a loud A, since the first syllable of African is the stressed one.
Not A-fruh-kuhn-E-li-fant
Flatten the last two syllables of elephant to luh and fuhnt, with no full vowel in either.
Tip: Both words keep their own front stress, so the phrase has two peaks: A and E.
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