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Ambience Pronunciation
Ambience is pronounced AM-bee-uhns, IPA /ˈæmbiəns/.
AM-bee-uhns
US /ˈæmbiəns/ · UK /ˈæmbiəns/
Syllables: AM · bee · uhns (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: The mood or feel of a place.
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Ambience in a Sentence
- The ambience improves once the lights go down.
- They were after a quiet ambience and got a sports bar.
- Candles do most of the work on the ambience.
Common Mispronunciations of Ambience
Not am-bee-AHNS
The anglicised reading puts the beat on the first syllable and ends in a plain uhns. A nasal French ending goes with the spelling ambiance, which some writers keep.
Not AM-byuhns
Three syllables, AM-bee-uhns, with the i and the e each getting a beat. Collapsing them leaves two.
Tip: Ambience and ambiance are the same word. The first spelling usually goes with AM-bee-uhns, the second with a French flourish.
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