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Wednesday Pronunciation
Wednesday is pronounced WENZ-dee, IPA /ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ/.
WENZ-dee
US /ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ/
Syllables: WENZ · dee (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
proper noun: The day of the week between Tuesday and Thursday.
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Wednesday in a Sentence
- The bins go out on Wednesday night.
- We meet every other Wednesday at seven.
- Wednesday is the only day the surgery opens late.
Common Mispronunciations of Wednesday
Not WED-nes-day
The first d is silent and the middle syllable disappears entirely, leaving two beats. The spelling preserves Woden's day, a name nobody has said aloud in centuries.
Not WENZ-day with a full day
The ending is usually reduced to dee or di in natural speech, the same way it is in Monday and Sunday. A fully stressed day sounds like careful dictation.
Tip: Two syllables: WENZ-dee. Nothing between the n and the d gets said.
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