English pronunciation · Words Starting with B
Beautiful Pronunciation
Beautiful is pronounced BYOO-tuh-fuhl, IPA /ˈbjutəfəl/.
BYOO-tuh-fuhl
US /ˈbjutəfəl/ · UK /ˈbjuːtɪfəl/
Syllables: BYOO · tuh · fuhl (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
adjective: Very pleasing to look at or to listen to.
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Beautiful in a Sentence
- The light on the water was beautiful at that hour.
- She has a beautiful singing voice.
- It was a beautiful piece of defending.
Common Mispronunciations of Beautiful
Not bee-OO-ti-ful
Those first four letters make one sound, BYOO, with a y glide leading into the oo. Reading the e and the a separately adds a beat the word has never had.
Not byoo-ti-FUL
A full oo at the close belongs to the word full standing on its own. Once it is glued to beauty it empties out to fuhl, with BYOO keeping all the volume.
Tip: Beauty, beautiful and beautician all open on that same byoo, which is the French beau wearing an English coat.
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