English pronunciation · Words Starting with V
Vendor Pronunciation
Vendor is pronounced VEN-der, IPA /ˈvɛndɝ/.
VEN-der
US /ˈvɛndɝ/ · UK /ˈvɛndə/
Syllables: VEN · der (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A person or company that sells something, especially a supplier to a business.
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Vendor in a Sentence
- The vendor has agreed to a later completion date.
- We switched vendor after the second outage.
- A street vendor was selling roasted nuts.
Common Mispronunciations of Vendor
Not ven-DAWR
VEN takes the beat, and nothing behind it is pushed at all.
Not WEN-der
Set the top teeth against the lower lip for the v, because rounding into a w turns the word into something else entirely.
Tip: Vendor and vender are both recorded spellings, and since the ending is only a murmur neither sounds different.
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