English pronunciation · Words Starting with T
Technology Pronunciation
Technology is pronounced tek-NAH-luh-jee, IPA /tɛkˈnɑlədʒi/.
tek-NAH-luh-jee
US /tɛkˈnɑlədʒi/ · UK /tɛkˈnɒlədʒi/
Syllables: tek · NAH · luh · jee (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: The machines, systems, and methods that put scientific knowledge to practical use.
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Technology in a Sentence
- Battery technology has improved faster than anyone predicted.
- The museum traces printing technology back to the fifteenth century.
- She works in technology procurement.
Common Mispronunciations of Technology
Not TEK-nuh-luh-jee
The second part is the loud one. Fronting the beat makes it sound like the shortened form tech with a suffix stuck on.
Not tetch-NAH-luh-jee
The ch is a hard k. It never softens in this Greek-derived family, which also gives us technique and architecture.
Tip: Four parts, second one loud: tek-NAH-luh-jee. Biology, geology, and psychology share the rhythm of the tail.
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