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Evanescence Pronunciation

Evanescence is pronounced e-vuh-NE-suhns, IPA /ˌɛvəˈnɛsəns/.

e-vuh-NE-suhns

US /ˌɛvəˈnɛsəns/  ·  UK /ˌɛvəˈnɛsəns/

Syllables: e · vuh · NE · suhns (4 syllables, stress on syllable 3)

noun: The quality of fading quickly out of sight or memory.

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Evanescence in a Sentence

  • The poem is about the evanescence of a summer evening.
  • He wrote three pages on the evanescence of fame.
  • Evanescence is also the name of an American rock band.

Common Mispronunciations of Evanescence

Not e-VA-nuh-suhns

The beat lands on NE, the third of four syllables, as the -escence ending demands.

Not e-vuh-NE-shuhns

Nothing in the middle turns into a sh, since sc here is a plain s. Adolescence and fluorescence work the same way.

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