English pronunciation · Words Starting with S
Scientists Pronunciation
Scientists is pronounced SY-uhn-tists, IPA /ˈsaɪəntɪs/.
SY-uhn-tists
US /ˈsaɪəntɪs/ · UK /ˈsaɪəntɪsts/
Syllables: SY · uhn · tists (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun (plural of scientist): People who study or work in one of the sciences.
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Scientists in a Sentence
- Two hundred scientists signed the open letter.
- Scientists at the station record the ice thickness daily.
- Most of the scientists here are on short contracts.
Common Mispronunciations of Scientists
Not sy-uhn-TISTS
Scientists stays loud at the front, on SY, with the two beats behind it unstressed.
Not SY-uhn-tis
Careful speech sounds the whole sts cluster, although the American entry records it collapsed to tis.
Tip: Three consonants in a row at the end, sts, make this one of the harder endings in English.
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