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Ambassador Pronunciation
Ambassador is pronounced am-BA-suh-der, IPA /æmˈbæsədɝ/.
am-BA-suh-der
US /æmˈbæsədɝ/ · UK /əmˈbæsədə/
Syllables: am · BA · suh · der (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: A country's most senior official representative in another country.
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Ambassador in a Sentence
- The ambassador was recalled in March.
- She served as ambassador to Japan for five years.
- A former ambassador wrote the introduction.
Common Mispronunciations of Ambassador
Not am-ba-SA-der
Load the second of the four beats, BA, and let everything after it run downhill.
Not am-BA-suh-dawr
The -or ending reduces to a weak der, exactly as it does in doctor and actor.
Tip: Ambassadorial stretches to six beats and moves the peak along to the fifth: am-ba-suh-DAW-ree-uhl.
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