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Divinity Pronunciation
Divinity is pronounced di-VI-nuh-tee, IPA /dɪˈvɪnəti/.
di-VI-nuh-tee
US /dɪˈvɪnəti/ · UK /dɪˈvɪnɪti/
Syllables: di · VI · nuh · tee (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: The state of being divine, or the academic study of religion.
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Divinity in a Sentence
- He read divinity at Cambridge.
- The poem treats the divinity of kings as a joke.
- A faculty of divinity was founded there in 1540.
Common Mispronunciations of Divinity
Not dy-VI-nuh-tee
The first vowel is the short i of dip, unlike divine, where it stretches to the eye sound.
Not DI-vi-ni-tee
The force lands on VI, the second of four beats, which is where the related adjective puts it too.
Tip: Divine is di-VYN but divinity is di-VI-nuh-tee, so the long vowel shortens when the suffix arrives.
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