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Treasury Pronunciation
Treasury is pronounced TRE-zher-ee, IPA /ˈtrɛʒɝi/.
TRE-zher-ee
US /ˈtrɛʒɝi/ · UK /ˈtrɛʒəri/
Syllables: TRE · zher · ee (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A government department in charge of public money, or a place where valuables are kept.
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Treasury in a Sentence
- The Treasury blocked the proposal.
- A treasury of folk songs was published in 1908.
- He spent two years at the treasury before moving on.
Common Mispronunciations of Treasury
Not TRE-zhuh-ree
Treasure plus a y does not add a syllable, because the zher and the ee run together. Keep the count at three.
Not TREE-zher-ee
Clip the ea, which this family does throughout. A long ee at the front belongs to treaty.
Tip: A treasurer looks after the money and a treasury holds it, and the two words differ by one beat.
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