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Articles Pronunciation

Articles is pronounced AHR-tuh-kuhlz, IPA /ˈɑrtəkəlz/.

AHR-tuh-kuhlz

US /ˈɑrtəkəlz/  ·  UK /ˈɑːtɪkəlz/

Syllables: AHR · tuh · kuhlz (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)

noun (plural): Pieces of writing in a newspaper or journal, items of a set, or the grammatical words a, an, and the.

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Articles in a Sentence

  • She has published nine articles this year.
  • The articles of association run to forty pages.
  • English has three articles and Russian has none.

Common Mispronunciations of Articles

Not ar-TI-kuhlz

AHR holds the volume and the three beats behind it coast. A middle beat would need the word to be articulate, where the weight genuinely moves.

Not AHR-ti-kuhls

The plural hums rather than hisses, because an l in front of it leaves the ending voiced. Towels and candles close the same way.

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