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Fatigue Pronunciation

Fatigue is pronounced fuh-TEEG, IPA /fəˈtig/.

fuh-TEEG

US /fəˈtig/  ·  UK /fəˈtiːg/

Syllables: fuh · TEEG (2 syllables, stress on syllable 2)

noun; also verb: Deep tiredness, or the weakening of metal under repeated stress.

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Fatigue in a Sentence

  • Fatigue set in about halfway up.
  • The crack was caused by metal fatigue.
  • Long shifts fatigue even the fittest staff.

Common Mispronunciations of Fatigue

Not FA-tig

The stress is at the end and the vowel there is the long ee of league: fuh-TEEG.

Not fuh-TEE-goo

The gue ending is a bare g. Nothing is pronounced after it, as in league and vague.

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