English pronunciation · Words Starting with P
Pottery Pronunciation
Pottery is pronounced PAH-ter-ee, IPA /ˈpɑtɝi/.
PAH-ter-ee
US /ˈpɑtɝi/ · UK /ˈpɒtəri/
Syllables: PAH · ter · ee (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: Pots and dishes made from fired clay, or the craft and place of making them.
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Pottery in a Sentence
- She sells her pottery at the Saturday market.
- Fragments of pottery turned up in the top layer.
- There is a pottery in the old mill by the bridge.
Common Mispronunciations of Pottery
Not puh-TE-ree
Open loud on PAH and let the last two beats coast. Nothing pulls the weight into the middle of this word.
Not POH-ter-ee
Keep the first vowel short, the o of pot. Rounding it into a long oh moves the word towards Potter.
Tip: American speakers tap the double t into a quick d, so it comes out near PAH-der-ee. British speakers keep a crisp t.
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