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Archery Pronunciation

Archery is pronounced AHR-cher-ee, IPA /ˈɑrtʃɝi/.

AHR-cher-ee

US /ˈɑrtʃɝi/  ·  UK /ˈɑːtʃəri/

Syllables: AHR · cher · ee (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)

noun: The sport or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.

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Archery in a Sentence

  • The club runs archery on the field behind the school.
  • She took up archery after giving up running.
  • Archery has been an Olympic sport on and off since 1900.

Common Mispronunciations of Archery

Not AHR-kuh-ree

This ch really is the ch of church, unlike the one in archaeology. English is inconsistent here and the two have to be learned apart.

Not ahr-CHE-ree

Front stress is the rule: AHR-cher-ee. The two syllables after it are both light.

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