English pronunciation · Words Starting with C
Confiscated Pronunciation
Confiscated is pronounced KAHN-fuh-skay-tuhd, IPA /ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪtəd/.
KAHN-fuh-skay-tuhd
US /ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪtəd/ · UK /ˈkɒnfɪˌskeɪtɪd/
Syllables: KAHN · fuh · skay · tuhd (4 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
verb (past tense and past participle of confiscate): Took something away from someone as a penalty or under legal authority.
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Confiscated in a Sentence
- Customs confiscated the whole shipment.
- His phone was confiscated for the rest of the lesson.
- The court confiscated assets worth two million.
Common Mispronunciations of Confiscated
Not kuhn-FI-skay-tuhd
Four beats and the first one holds them all. Most verbs ending in ate behave this way: educated, demonstrated, calculated.
Not KAHN-fi-shay-tuhd
The sc pair is a plain sk, as in scare and scatter. Nothing softens before the a.
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