English pronunciation · Words Starting with R
Radar Pronunciation
Radar is pronounced RAY-dahr, IPA /ˈreɪˌdɑr/.
RAY-dahr
US /ˈreɪˌdɑr/ · UK /ˈreɪdɑː/
Syllables: RAY · dahr (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A system that finds distant objects by bouncing radio waves off them.
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Radar in a Sentence
- The plane dropped off the radar for ten minutes.
- Radar picked up the storm an hour ahead.
- He has stayed off the radar ever since.
Common Mispronunciations of Radar
Not RAY-der
That second a stays full, dahr, rhyming with car. The word began as a short form of radio detection and ranging, and both halves kept their vowels.
Not ruh-DAHR
End stress belongs to French, which borrowed the word back from English. Here the opening carries it.
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