English pronunciation · Words Starting with C
Capillary Pronunciation
Capillary is pronounced KA-puh-le-ree, IPA /ˈkæpəˌlɛri/.
KA-puh-le-ree
US /ˈkæpəˌlɛri/ · UK /ˈkæpɪləri/
Syllables: KA · puh · le · ree (4 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun; also adjective: One of the smallest blood vessels in the body, or the action that draws liquid up a narrow tube.
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Capillary in a Sentence
- A burst capillary leaves a tiny red mark on the skin.
- Water reaches the top of the plant by capillary action.
- Oxygen passes from the capillary into the surrounding tissue.
Common Mispronunciations of Capillary
Not ka-PIL-uh-ree
American dictionaries keep the volume on the opening beat, KA, and British ones increasingly follow. The middle-stressed reading is common in speech but is not the listed one.
Not ka-pil-LA-ree
The two l letters spell one l and no beat starts on the second of them.
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