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Inventor Pronunciation
Inventor is pronounced in-VEN-ter, IPA /ˌɪnˈvɛntɝ/.
in-VEN-ter
US /ˌɪnˈvɛntɝ/ · UK /ɪnˈvɛntə/
Syllables: in · VEN · ter (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: A person who creates something that did not exist before.
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Inventor in a Sentence
- The inventor of the telephone is still disputed.
- He was a restless inventor who patented forty devices.
- Every inventor on the list started in a garage.
Common Mispronunciations of Inventor
Not IN-ven-tor
The middle syllable is the loud one, inherited from invent. The front syllable stays short and unstressed.
Not in-VEN-tawr
The -or ending is not a full aw. It reduces to the same faint er you hear at the end of doctor and actor.
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