English pronunciation · Words Starting with G
Genealogy Pronunciation
Genealogy is pronounced jee-nee-AH-luh-jee, IPA /ˌdʒiniˈɑlədʒi/.
jee-nee-AH-luh-jee
US /ˌdʒiniˈɑlədʒi/ · UK /ˌdʒiːnɪˈælədʒi/
Syllables: jee · nee · AH · luh · jee (5 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
noun: The study of family descent, or a record of one family's line.
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Genealogy in a Sentence
- She took up genealogy after her mother died.
- The genealogy runs back to a farm in Galway.
- Parish records are the backbone of English genealogy.
Common Mispronunciations of Genealogy
Not je-NEE-uh-luh-jee
The third beat is the loud one, AH, and the two in front of it are a quick run-up.
Not gee-nee-AH-luh-jee
The opening g comes out as a j, matching gene and genus, which is where the word comes from.
Tip: The spelling is genealogy, with no o in the middle, however often geneology turns up in print.
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