English pronunciation · Words Starting with C
Cathedral Pronunciation
Cathedral is pronounced kuh-THEE-druhl, IPA /kəˈθidrəl/.
kuh-THEE-druhl
US /kəˈθidrəl/ · UK /kəˈθiːdrəl/
Syllables: kuh · THEE · druhl (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: The main church of a diocese, where the bishop has his seat.
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Cathedral in a Sentence
- The cathedral took two hundred years to finish.
- We sheltered from the rain inside the cathedral.
- A choir sings in the cathedral every Sunday evening.
Common Mispronunciations of Cathedral
Not KA-thi-druhl
Weight belongs on THEE, the long middle beat. Front stress is borrowed from the shorter word cathode.
Not kuh-TEE-druhl
Hiss the th with the tongue tip at the top teeth. Replacing it with t gives a word that sounds Italian.
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