English pronunciation · Words Starting with A
Ambient Pronunciation
Ambient is pronounced AM-bee-uhnt, IPA /ˈæmbiənt/.
AM-bee-uhnt
US /ˈæmbiənt/ · UK /ˈæmbiənt/
Syllables: AM · bee · uhnt (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
adjective: Belonging to the surroundings, as of light, sound, or temperature.
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Ambient in a Sentence
- Store the samples at ambient temperature.
- The ambient noise in the office makes calls difficult.
- He writes ambient music for museum installations.
Common Mispronunciations of Ambient
Not am-bee-ENT
A final ent never attracts the beat in English adjectives of this shape, so AM keeps it. Compare patient, lenient and salient.
Not AM-byuhnt
The i and the e hold a beat each, giving bee-uhnt and three syllables in all. Squeezing them into one leaves two.
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