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Samsung Pronunciation
Samsung is pronounced SAM-suhng, IPA /ˈsæmˌsəŋ/.
SAM-suhng
US /ˈsæmˌsəŋ/
Syllables: SAM · suhng (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
proper noun: A South Korean conglomerate best known for phones, televisions, and memory chips.
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Samsung in a Sentence
- She switched from an iPhone to a Samsung last year.
- Samsung supplies screens to several of its own competitors.
- The Samsung factory runs three shifts.
Common Mispronunciations of Samsung
Not sam-SUNG
English speakers put the weight at the front, SAM, and let the ending trail off as suhng. The Korean original spreads the two parts more evenly.
Not SAM-song
Reduce that second vowel rather than rounding it. It is the uh of sung, not the o of song.
Tip: In Korean the name means three stars, and the second half is closer to sung with an s than to zung with a z.
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