English pronunciation · Words Starting with R
Rifle Pronunciation
Rifle is pronounced RY-fuhl, IPA /ˈraɪfəl/.
RY-fuhl
US /ˈraɪfəl/ · UK /ˈraɪfəl/
Syllables: RY · fuhl (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun and verb: A long gun with a spiral-grooved barrel, or to search roughly through something.
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Rifle in a Sentence
- He cleaned the rifle on the kitchen table.
- Someone had rifled through all the drawers.
- A rifle range sits beyond the trees.
Common Mispronunciations of Rifle
Not RI-fuhl
A long i opens this, so it begins like ripe. The short version gives riffle, which means to flick through pages.
Not RY-fuh-luh
The le says nothing beyond fuhl, so no vowel follows that l.
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