English pronunciation · Words Starting with P
Party Pronunciation
Party is pronounced PAHR-tee, IPA /ˈpɑrti/.
PAHR-tee
US /ˈpɑrti/ · UK /ˈpɑːti/
Syllables: PAHR · tee (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A social gathering, or an organised political group.
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Party in a Sentence
- The party starts at eight.
- She joined the party in 2019.
- Every party to the agreement had to sign it.
Common Mispronunciations of Party
Not PA-tee
The r shapes the vowel into a long ahr, so the first beat is PAHR even in accents that never roll it.
Not pahr-TEE
PAHR is loud and tee is quick, so the word does not sound like the French partie.
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