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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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