English pronunciation · Words Starting with D
Desktop Pronunciation
Desktop is pronounced DESK-tahp, IPA /ˈdɛskˌtɑp/.
DESK-tahp
US /ˈdɛskˌtɑp/ · UK /ˈdɛsktɒp/
Syllables: DESK · tahp (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun; also adjective: The surface of a desk, or the main screen of a computer and the kind of computer that sits on a desk.
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Desktop in a Sentence
- The file is saved on the desktop.
- They replaced every desktop in the building.
- Desktop publishing changed the trade in the 1980s.
Common Mispronunciations of Desktop
Not desk-TAHP
A compound noun puts its loud beat on the first half, which is how desktop differs in rhythm from a desk top you could sit a cup on.
Not DESK-tuhp
The second beat keeps a full vowel, the o of hot, even though it is the quiet one.
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