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Spectator Pronunciation
Spectator is pronounced SPEK-tay-ter, IPA /ˈspɛkteɪtɝ/.
SPEK-tay-ter
US /ˈspɛkteɪtɝ/ · UK /spɛkˈteɪtə/
Syllables: SPEK · tay · ter (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A person watching an event, especially a sporting one.
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Spectator in a Sentence
- One spectator ran onto the pitch at half time.
- The stand holds four thousand spectators.
- He was a spectator at the inquiry rather than a witness.
Common Mispronunciations of Spectator
Not SPEK-tuh-ter
The middle beat keeps a full ay, carried over from the verb spectate.
Not SPEK-tay-tawr
No round sound survives in the ending; that or comes out as a murmured ter.
Tip: American dictionaries front the beat, SPEK-tay-ter, and British ones hand it to the middle, spek-TAY-tuh.
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