English pronunciation · Words Starting with P
Precious Pronunciation
Precious is pronounced PRE-shuhs, IPA /ˈprɛʃəs/.
PRE-shuhs
US /ˈprɛʃəs/ · UK /ˈprɛʃəs/
Syllables: PRE · shuhs (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
adjective: Valuable, or greatly loved and not to be wasted.
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Precious in a Sentence
- Water is precious in a dry summer.
- These few hours are precious to me.
- The box held nothing precious, only letters.
Common Mispronunciations of Precious
Not PREE-shuhs
Keep the opening e short, as in press. A long ee belongs to precede and precise, where the stress falls elsewhere.
Not pre-see-UHS
Fold the cious ending into one shuhs and keep the beat at the front. Spelling it out adds a syllable and moves the weight.
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