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Refrigerator Pronunciation
Refrigerator is pronounced ruh-FRI-jer-ay-ter, IPA /rəˈfrɪdʒɝˌeɪtɝ/.
ruh-FRI-jer-ay-ter
US /rəˈfrɪdʒɝˌeɪtɝ/ · UK /rɪˈfrɪdʒəˌreɪtə/
Syllables: ruh · FRI · jer · ay · ter (5 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: An appliance that keeps food cold.
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Refrigerator in a Sentence
- Put the milk back in the refrigerator before it turns.
- The new refrigerator uses half the electricity of the old one.
- There is nothing in the refrigerator except mustard.
Common Mispronunciations of Refrigerator
Not re-FRI-juh-ra-tor
Start with a quick unstressed ruh, not a clear re. The loud syllable is the second, FRI, and everything after it fades.
Not ruh-FRI-druh-tor
Give the g its soft j sound, as in general. The middle runs jer-ay, so all five syllables get said: ruh-FRI-jer-ay-ter.
Tip: Five syllables in the noun but only four in the clipped fridge, which also swaps in a d spelling to keep the g soft.
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