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Gigolo Pronunciation
Gigolo is pronounced JI-guh-loh, IPA /ˈdʒɪgəloʊ/.
JI-guh-loh
US /ˈdʒɪgəloʊ/ · UK /dʒɪˈgɒləʊ/
Syllables: JI · guh · loh (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A man paid by a woman to be her escort or companion.
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Gigolo in a Sentence
- The novel turns on a gigolo working the Riviera hotels.
- He was taken for a gigolo and rather enjoyed it.
- A gigolo in a white dinner jacket opens the second act.
Common Mispronunciations of Gigolo
Not GI-guh-loh
The first g is soft and the second is hard, so the word opens ji and keeps a plain g in the middle.
Not ji-guh-LOH
The opening beat takes the weight in American usage, and the final loh carries none of it.
Tip: British dictionaries also print ji-GO-loh, with the weight in the middle, closer to the French.
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