English pronunciation · Words Starting with D
Diplomacy Pronunciation
Diplomacy is pronounced di-PLOH-muh-see, IPA /dɪˈploʊməsi/.
di-PLOH-muh-see
US /dɪˈploʊməsi/ · UK /dɪˈpləʊməˌsi/
Syllables: di · PLOH · muh · see (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: The work of managing relations between countries, or skill in handling people tactfully.
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Diplomacy in a Sentence
- Quiet diplomacy achieved what public threats could not.
- It took real diplomacy to keep both sides at the table.
- She spent thirty years in diplomacy before teaching.
Common Mispronunciations of Diplomacy
Not DI-pluh-may-see
Diplomat starts loud but diplomacy does not. Adding the -acy ending pulls the beat one syllable to the right, onto PLOH.
Not di-ploh-MA-see
Nothing lands on the third syllable. It reduces to a weak muh and the word closes on an unstressed see.
Tip: Four syllables, loud on the second: di-PLOH-muh-see.
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