English pronunciation · Words Starting with C
Capricious Pronunciation
Capricious is pronounced kuh-PRI-shuhs, IPA /kəˈprɪʃəs/.
kuh-PRI-shuhs
US /kəˈprɪʃəs/ · UK /kæˈprɪʃəs/
Syllables: kuh · PRI · shuhs (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
adjective: Changing suddenly and without any good reason.
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Capricious in a Sentence
- The weather in April is capricious.
- He was a capricious employer and nobody stayed long.
- Funding decisions felt capricious that year.
Common Mispronunciations of Capricious
Not ka-PRI-see-uhs
Delicious and suspicious close on one compressed shuhs, and this word closes the same way.
Not KA-pri-shuhs
Caprice and capricious both open on a swallowed kuh and save everything for the beat behind it.
Tip: One account traces the word to the Italian capriccio and to capra, a goat, for the suddenness of its leaps.
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