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Ancient Pronunciation
Ancient is pronounced AYN-chuhnt, IPA /ˈeɪnʃənt/.
AYN-chuhnt
US /ˈeɪnʃənt/ · UK /ˈeɪnʃənt/
Syllables: AYN · chuhnt (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
adjective: Belonging to the distant past, or extremely old.
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Ancient in a Sentence
- The site holds the remains of an ancient harbour.
- He drives an ancient van held together with tape.
- Ancient Greek is taught in the second year.
Common Mispronunciations of Ancient
Not AN-see-uhnt
The -cient ending is one squeezed chuhnt. Spreading it into see plus uhnt adds a beat.
Not an-SYENT
The first syllable is the long ay of pain, and it carries the whole word.
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