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Alcohol Pronunciation
Alcohol is pronounced AL-kuh-hahl, IPA /ˈælkəˌhɑl/.
AL-kuh-hahl
US /ˈælkəˌhɑl/ · UK /ˈælkəˌhɒl/
Syllables: AL · kuh · hahl (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: The intoxicating substance in beer, wine, and spirits, and the drinks themselves.
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Alcohol in a Sentence
- The recipe needs a splash of alcohol to set.
- He gave up alcohol in February.
- Alcohol is sold here only after ten in the morning.
Common Mispronunciations of Alcohol
Not al-koh-HAHL
Front-load the word. AL is the loud beat and the two after it fall away, which is the reverse of the French alcool.
Not AL-kuh-ohl
Sound the h in the last syllable. Without it the word runs into one long vowel at the end.
Tip: Alcoholic moves the beat right across to the third syllable, al-kuh-HAH-lik.
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