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Clandestine Pronunciation

Clandestine is pronounced klan-DE-stin, IPA /klænˈdɛstɪn/.

klan-DE-stin

US /klænˈdɛstɪn/  ·  UK /klænˈdɛstɪn/

Syllables: klan · DE · stin (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)

adjective: Kept secret because it would not be approved of, especially a meeting or an operation.

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Clandestine in a Sentence

  • They held clandestine meetings in a flat above the bakery.
  • The report describes a clandestine programme funded from abroad.
  • Their clandestine romance lasted most of a year.

Common Mispronunciations of Clandestine

Not KLAN-duh-styn

Push the punch onto DE in the middle and keep the last syllable short, stin. An opening beat with a long final y is the older reading and now sounds dated.

Not klan-DE-steen

Resist stretching the final i into ee. It stays the clipped i of tin.

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