English pronunciation · Words Starting with B
Bisexual Pronunciation
Bisexual is pronounced by-SEK-shoo-uhl, IPA /ˌbaɪˈsɛkʃuəl/.
by-SEK-shoo-uhl
US /ˌbaɪˈsɛkʃuəl/ · UK /baɪˈsɛkʃuːəl/
Syllables: by · SEK · shoo · uhl (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
adjective and noun: Attracted to people of more than one gender.
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Bisexual in a Sentence
- She came out as bisexual at nineteen.
- The survey asked whether respondents identified as bisexual.
- Bisexual characters were rare on television then.
Common Mispronunciations of Bisexual
Not BY-sek-shoo-uhl
The main beat is on SEK rather than the prefix. Fronting it makes the word sound like a compound being spelled out.
Not bi-SEK-syoo-uhl
The prefix bi- uses the long eye vowel here, and the xu blends into a ksh sound rather than staying as ks plus yoo.
Tip: Many speakers shorten the tail to by-SEK-shwuhl in conversation, which is standard.
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