English pronunciation · Words Starting with P
Patterns Pronunciation
Patterns is pronounced PA-ternz, IPA /ˈpætɝnz/.
PA-ternz
US /ˈpætɝnz/ · UK /ˈpætənz/
Syllables: PA · ternz (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun (plural of pattern): Repeated designs or arrangements, or models used as a guide.
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Patterns in a Sentence
- The patterns on these tiles repeat every fourth row.
- She studies weather patterns over the Atlantic.
- Dress patterns used to come folded in paper envelopes.
Common Mispronunciations of Patterns
Not pa-TERNZ
Volume belongs to the opening, and the second beat is a quick ternz.
Not PA-tee-urnz
That ern is a single sound, the one in modern and eastern, so the word holds at two beats.
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