English pronunciation · Words Starting with T
Tourist Pronunciation
Tourist is pronounced TUU-ruhst, IPA /ˈtʊrəst/.
TUU-ruhst
US /ˈtʊrəst/ · UK /ˈtɔːrɪst/
Syllables: TUU · ruhst (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A person visiting a place for pleasure rather than work.
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Tourist in a Sentence
- The square fills with tourists by ten.
- I felt like a tourist in my own city.
- Tourist numbers fell sharply that summer.
Common Mispronunciations of Tourist
Not TOO-rist
Keep the vowel tight and brief, the uu of put, because a long oo stretches the word out of shape.
Not tuu-RIST
TUU leads, and the ending slackens to a weak ruhst with no wrist left inside it.
Tip: Plenty of southern English speakers say TAW-rist instead, matching tore, and dictionaries list both.
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