English pronunciation · Words Starting with M
Magnificence Pronunciation
Magnificence is pronounced mag-NI-fi-suhns, IPA /mægˈnɪfɪsəns/.
mag-NI-fi-suhns
US /mægˈnɪfɪsəns/
Syllables: mag · NI · fi · suhns (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: Impressive beauty or grandeur, especially on a large scale.
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Magnificence in a Sentence
- Nothing prepares you for the magnificence of the nave.
- She wrote about the magnificence of the old harbour at dawn.
- The magnificence of the setting made the speeches feel small.
Common Mispronunciations of Magnificence
Not MAG-ni-fi-suhns
The weight moves to the second syllable, exactly as it does in magnificent. Fronting it borrows the stress of magnify instead.
Not mag-ni-fi-SENS
The ending is quiet and reduced. Long nouns in -ence almost never take the stress there: excellence, difference, reference.
Tip: Say magnificent and swap the final t for s. The rhythm does not change.
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