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Chrysler Pronunciation
Chrysler is pronounced KRY-sler, IPA /ˈkraɪslɝ/.
KRY-sler
US /ˈkraɪslɝ/
Syllables: KRY · sler (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun (proper noun): An American car manufacturer founded in 1925, and the New York skyscraper named after it.
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Chrysler in a Sentence
- He drove an old Chrysler with a cracked windscreen.
- The Chrysler Building was briefly the tallest in the world.
- Chrysler merged with a European carmaker in the 1990s.
Common Mispronunciations of Chrysler
Not CHRIS-ler
The chr opening is a plain k, as it is in Christmas and chronic. A ch of chair turns the name into a first name.
Not KRI-sler
The y is the long one of my, so the first beat rhymes with price.
Tip: The founder Walter Chrysler had a German surname, Kreisler, that was respelled in America and kept its long vowel.
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