English pronunciation · Words Starting with M
Mobile Pronunciation
Mobile is pronounced MOH-buhl, IPA /ˈmoʊbəl/.
MOH-buhl
US /ˈmoʊbəl/
Syllables: MOH · buhl (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
adjective and noun: Able to move or be moved easily, a hanging decoration, or in Britain a mobile phone.
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Mobile in a Sentence
- The clinic runs a mobile unit twice a week.
- A paper mobile turned slowly above the cot.
- Give me a ring on my mobile.
Common Mispronunciations of Mobile
Not moh-BEEL
Nothing is stressed at the end in the ordinary adjective. That reading belongs to Mobile, the city in Alabama, which really is moh-BEEL.
Not MOH-beel
The ending is weak in American speech, a plain buhl. British speakers give it a long i, MOH-byl, which is why the phone sounds different on each side of the Atlantic.
Tip: Two syllables, loud at the front. The American ending is buhl and the British one is byl.
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