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Pioneer Pronunciation
Pioneer is pronounced py-uh-NIR, IPA /ˌpaɪəˈnɪr/.
py-uh-NIR
US /ˌpaɪəˈnɪr/ · UK /paɪəˈniə/
Syllables: py · uh · NIR (3 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
noun and verb: Someone among the first to settle a place or develop a new method, or to do that work.
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Pioneer in a Sentence
- She was a pioneer of keyhole surgery.
- The firm pioneered a cheaper way to store solar power.
- Pioneer families crossed the plains by wagon.
Common Mispronunciations of Pioneer
Not PY-uh-nir
Save the punch for the last beat, NIR. The two syllables in front of it run light and quick.
Not pee-uh-NIR
That opening pi is the vowel of pie, not the ee of see, so the word begins the way the word pious does.
Tip: Three beats, py-uh-NIR, and the closing beat rhymes with near.
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