English pronunciation · Words Starting with A
Alluvial Pronunciation
Alluvial is pronounced a-LOO-vee-uhl, IPA /ˌæˈluviəl/.
a-LOO-vee-uhl
US /ˌæˈluviəl/ · UK /əˈluːvɪəl/
Syllables: a · LOO · vee · uhl (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
adjective: Made of silt and sand left behind by a river.
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Alluvial in a Sentence
- The valley floor is alluvial soil, deep and easy to work.
- Gold was panned from the alluvial gravels upstream.
- An alluvial fan spreads where the river leaves the hills.
Common Mispronunciations of Alluvial
Not A-loo-vee-uhl
Land hard on LOO, the second syllable, with a weak a running into it. The double l is a single sound.
Not uh-LYOO-vee-uhl
Skip the y glide after the l. Alluvial takes a plain oo, as in flu, not the yoo of value.
Tip: Four syllables, a-LOO-vee-uhl. Alluvium, the noun, follows the same pattern.
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