English pronunciation · Words Starting with I
Infrared Pronunciation
Infrared is pronounced in-fruh-RED, IPA /ˌɪnfrɝˈɛd/.
in-fruh-RED
US /ˌɪnfrɝˈɛd/ · UK /ˌɪnfrəˈrɛd/
Syllables: in · fruh · RED (3 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
adjective and noun: Radiation just past the red end of the visible spectrum, sensed as heat rather than seen as colour.
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Infrared in a Sentence
- The camera uses infrared to see in total darkness.
- Infrared heaters warm objects instead of the air around them.
- Astronomers picked up an infrared signal from the dust cloud.
Common Mispronunciations of Infrared
Not IN-fruh-red
Compound adjectives of this shape put the weight on the last element, so red carries it. Fronting the beat makes the word sound like a brand name.
Not in-FRAY-red
The middle is an unstressed fruh, as in the prefix infra-. There is no long ay sound anywhere in the word.
Tip: Two quiet parts, then a loud red: in-fruh-RED. Infrastructure and infrasound share the same quiet opening.
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