English pronunciation · Words Starting with T
Tenant Pronunciation
Tenant is pronounced TE-nuhnt, IPA /ˈtɛnənt/.
TE-nuhnt
US /ˈtɛnənt/ · UK /ˈtɛnənt/
Syllables: TE · nuhnt (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A person who rents a property from its owner.
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Tenant in a Sentence
- The tenant gave a month's notice.
- Each tenant pays their own water bill.
- A new tenant moved into the flat below.
Common Mispronunciations of Tenant
Not tuh-NANT
TE arrives loud and the second beat thins out to nuhnt, with no a of cat left in it.
Not TE-nuht
An n survives just before the final t here, and losing it leaves tenet, which means something else entirely.
Tip: A tenet is a belief, TE-nuht, and the two words are easy to swap in writing.
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