English pronunciation · Words Starting with P
Plague Pronunciation
Plague is pronounced PLAYG, IPA /ˈpleɪg/.
PLAYG
US /ˈpleɪg/ · UK /ˈpleɪg/
Syllables: PLAYG (1 syllable)
noun and verb: A deadly disease that spreads through a population, or to trouble someone again and again.
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Plague in a Sentence
- Rats carried the plague from port to port.
- Delays plagued the project from the first week.
- The city archive keeps burial records from the plague years.
Common Mispronunciations of Plague
Not PLAY-gyoo
Those last two letters are spelling only. The word stops on a hard g with no vowel after it.
Not PLAG
Stretch the a into the ay of day. Left short, it becomes flag with a p in front.
Tip: Rhymes with vague and the Hague.
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