English pronunciation · Words Starting with B
Bipolar Pronunciation
Bipolar is pronounced by-POH-ler, IPA /baɪˈpoʊlɝ/.
by-POH-ler
US /baɪˈpoʊlɝ/ · UK /baɪˈpəʊlə/
Syllables: by · POH · ler (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
adjective: Having two poles or extremes, and in medicine describing a disorder with alternating episodes of mania and depression.
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Bipolar in a Sentence
- He was diagnosed as bipolar in his twenties.
- The debate has become bipolar and nobody sits in the middle.
- Bipolar transistors came before the field-effect kind.
Common Mispronunciations of Bipolar
Not BY-poh-ler
POH takes the volume, second of three, and the by in front merely sets it up. Polar on its own does lead with its first beat, which is where the pull comes from.
Not bi-POH-ler
The prefix is the eye of nine, matching bicycle and biplane. Clipping it to a short i makes the word sound like a surname.
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