English pronunciation · Words Starting with M
Metropolitan Pronunciation
Metropolitan is pronounced me-truh-PAH-luh-tuhn, IPA /ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlətən/.
me-truh-PAH-luh-tuhn
US /ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlətən/ · UK /ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪtən/
Syllables: me · truh · PAH · luh · tuhn (5 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
adjective: Relating to a large city and the area around it.
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Metropolitan in a Sentence
- The metropolitan area runs well beyond the city limits.
- She covers metropolitan transport for the paper.
- Metropolitan rents have risen for six years.
Common Mispronunciations of Metropolitan
Not me-TRAH-puh-li-tuhn
Metropolis puts the beat early, but the adjective pushes it one place further on, to PAH.
Not me-truh-POH-li-tan
Five beats, a short o in the loud one, and no full vowels at all after it.
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