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Endangered Pronunciation
Endangered is pronounced en-DAYN-jerd, IPA /ɛnˈdeɪndʒɝd/.
en-DAYN-jerd
US /ɛnˈdeɪndʒɝd/ · UK /ɛnˈdeɪndʒəd/
Syllables: en · DAYN · jerd (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
adjective: At serious risk of dying out or being harmed, used especially of animal and plant species.
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Endangered in a Sentence
- The snow leopard is still endangered across most of its range.
- Only forty of the endangered parrots remain in the wild.
- Building the road would put an endangered wetland at risk.
Common Mispronunciations of Endangered
Not en-DAN-jerd
Open out the middle vowel until it matches danger, which is the word hiding inside. It is the ay of day, not the a of dan.
Not en-DAYN-jer-ed
No extra beat at the end. English only adds a syllable for -ed after a t or d sound, and a j sound takes plain d.
Tip: Say danger, then wrap it: en-DANGER-d.
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