Wie man „chiasmus“ auf Englisch ausspricht
kaɪˈæzməs
ky·AZ·məs
Hauptbetonung: AZ
Höre Muttersprachler „chiasmus“ im Kontext echter Videoclips sprechen
Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “chiasmus”
Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence
Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution
ky
Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.
AZ
Gliding diphthong with sustained vocal resonance.
məs
Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.
Primary emphasis falls on the second syllable ("AZ"). Raise your pitch and sustain the vowel length on this syllable while relaxing the surrounding syllables.
Common Pronunciation Traps & Learner Mistakes
The Trap: Avoid pronouncing every vowel with full acoustic weight. Non-native speakers often over-enunciate unstressed vowels.
How Native Speakers Say It: Only give full vowel clarity to the primary stressed syllable. Relax all unstressed vowels into a neutral, low-energy schwa (⁄ə⁄).
Connected Speech & Natural Conversational Flow
When "chiasmus" is followed by a word starting with a vowel, glide the final consonant into the opening vowel (e.g. "chiasmus is" sounds like "chiasmus-iz").
Maintain the stress-timed rhythm of English: compress unstressed syllables rapidly so the beat of "chiasmus" aligns naturally with adjacent words.
Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context
“letters "la," draw this-- that's a chiasmus, draw the lines together, and they will meet exactly at the word hemisphere,”— YaleCoursesWatch clip
“This is what we call a chiasmus, in other words XXVI and XXVII--we do see that XXVI that are an allusion to Ulysses”— YaleCoursesWatch clip
“The two cantos are controlled by what we call a chiasmus that's-- this is a chiasmus from the”— YaleCoursesWatch clip
“Greek word "chi," a chiasmus, right?”— YaleCoursesWatch clip
“It comes from the Greek letter chi in Greek, that's a chiasmus, an X, and wherever a chiasmus you have a point of intersection of the two arms,”— YaleCoursesWatch clip
“You know what I mean by chiasmus?”— YaleCoursesWatch clip
Aussprache üben: „chiasmus“
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letters "la," draw this-- that's a chiasmus, draw the lines together, and they will meet exactly at the word hemisphere,
Im Kontext hören: “chiasmus”
8 ClipsThe Englisch word “chiasmus” is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as kaɪˈæzməs (phonetic respelling: ky-AZ-məs). Phonologically, it consists of 3 syllables (ky · AZ · məs), with primary lexical stress placed on the 2nd syllable (AZ). Grammatically, “chiasmus” functions as a noun. SayItVid indexes 8 authentic Englisch video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “chiasmus” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from YaleCourses.
Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)
- 🇺🇸 USYaleCoursesClip #1 · @42:26
“go back to canto-- to line 12, the first two letters "la," draw this-- that's a chiasmus, draw the lines together, and they will meet exactly at the word hemisphere, that's a chiasmus, draw the lines together,”
- 🇺🇸 USYaleCoursesClip #2 · @7:31
“Inferno. This is what we call a chiasmus, in other words XXVI and XXVII--we do see that XXVI that are an allusion to Ulysses and XXVII--we do see that XXVI that are an allusion to Ulysses”
- 🇺🇸 USYaleCoursesClip #3 · @6:43
“earlier in Canto XI a Dominican, Aquinas, tells the life of Francis. The two cantos are controlled by what we call a chiasmus that's-- this is a chiasmus from the The two cantos are controlled by what we call a chiasmus”
- 🇺🇸 USYaleCoursesClip #4 · @6:51
“that's-- this is a chiasmus from the Greek word "chi," a chiasmus, right? You have an intersection of voices, a sort of--a sense of”
- 🇺🇸 USYaleCoursesClip #5 · @13:03
“You know what I mean by chiasmus? It comes from the Greek letter chi in Greek, that's a chiasmus, an X, and wherever a chiasmus you have a point of intersection of the two arms, that's a chiasmus, an X, and wherever a chiasmus”
Definition & Bedeutung: “chiasmus”
- An inversion of the relationship between the elements of phrases.
Beispielsätze im Kontext (3)
- “The book of Habakkuk has been discovered to consist of a closely knit chiastic structure throughout. This is the first poem of such length to stand revealed as a literary unit of this kind, though chiasmus has already been discovered throughout many psalms[…]”
- “letters "la," draw this-- that's a chiasmus, draw the lines together, and they will meet exactly at the word hemisphere,”
- “This is what we call a chiasmus, in other words XXVI and XXVII--we do see that XXVI that are an allusion to Ulysses”
Häufige Redewendungen & Kollokationen
Aussprache: “chiasmus”
- Pronunciation:
- ky-AZ-məs
- Silben:
- ky · AZ · məs
- Written Hyphenation:
- chi · a · smus
- Hauptbetonung:
- AZ
- IPA:
- kaɪˈæzməs
- Im Kontext hören
- chiasmus
Reimwörter für “chiasmus”
-æzməsKlangidentische Wörter (Homophone)
Einzigartiger KlangFür "chiasmus" (⁄kaɪˈæzməs⁄) sind keine exakten Homophone bekannt.
Häufige Fragen zu „chiasmus“
Wie spricht man „chiasmus“ aus?
„chiasmus“ wird als ⁄kaɪˈæzməs⁄ (ky-AZ-məs) ausgesprochen. Höre dir die Videoclips von Muttersprachlern oben an, um es im echten Sprachgebrauch zu hören.
Wie viele Silben hat „chiasmus“?
„chiasmus“ hat 3 Silben: ky · AZ · məs.
Wo liegt die Betonung bei „chiasmus“?
Die Hauptbetonung bei „chiasmus“ liegt auf „AZ“. Achte in den Clips oben besonders auf die betonte Silbe.
Was bedeutet „chiasmus“?
An inversion of the relationship between the elements of phrases.
Wie kann ich „chiasmus“ in echten Sätzen hören?
Diese Seite enthält 8 echte Videobeispiele für „chiasmus“ mit synchronisierten Untertiteln. Nutze Zurück / Weiter (oder die Pfeiltasten ← / →), um jedes Beispiel genau im Moment des Sprechens zu hören.
What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “chiasmus”?
Avoid pronouncing every vowel with full acoustic weight. Non-native speakers often over-enunciate unstressed vowels. Only give full vowel clarity to the primary stressed syllable. Relax all unstressed vowels into a neutral, low-energy schwa (⁄ə⁄).