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Venue Pronunciation
Venue is pronounced VE-nyoo, IPA /ˈvɛnju/.
VE-nyoo
US /ˈvɛnju/ · UK /ˈvɛnjuː/
Syllables: VE · nyoo (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: The place where an event is held.
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Venue in a Sentence
- The venue holds four hundred.
- We changed venue at the last minute.
- A smaller venue would have suited the band better.
Common Mispronunciations of Venue
Not VE-noo
Slide a y in before the oo, so the second beat is nyoo. Menu, value and continue all keep that glide.
Not vuh-NYOO
VE opens loud and nyoo falls away. The word came from French, which would stress the other end.
Tip: Venue and menu rhyme, and both keep the y glide that revenue also carries.
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