English pronunciation · Words Starting with S
Suburban Pronunciation
Suburban is pronounced suh-BUR-buhn, IPA /səˈbɝbən/.
suh-BUR-buhn
US /səˈbɝbən/ · UK /səˈbɜːbən/
Syllables: suh · BUR · buhn (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
adjective: To do with the residential areas around the edge of a city.
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Suburban in a Sentence
- They moved to a quiet suburban street.
- Suburban trains run every ten minutes.
- The shop serves a mostly suburban crowd.
Common Mispronunciations of Suburban
Not SUH-ber-buhn
Suburb leans on its opening beat, but suburban moves the punch to the middle.
Not sub-UR-ban
Only the stressed beat has a clear vowel, and the other two are both the dull uh of about.
Tip: Suburb and suburban split the difference: SUH-berb against suh-BUR-buhn.
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