Wie man „gnomon“ auf Englisch ausspricht
ˈnoʊˌmɑn
NOH·mahn
Hauptbetonung: NOH
Höre Muttersprachler „gnomon“ im Kontext echter Videoclips sprechen
Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “gnomon”
Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence
Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution
NOH
Gliding diphthong with sustained vocal resonance.
mahn
Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.
Primary emphasis falls on the first syllable ("NOH"). Raise your pitch and sustain the vowel length on this syllable while relaxing the surrounding syllables.
Common Pronunciation Traps & Learner Mistakes
The Trap: The "g" combined with "n" in "gnomon" is unvoiced.
How Native Speakers Say It: Produce only the /n/ consonant sound. Pronouncing a hard /g/ is a telltale sign of non-native disfluency.
Connected Speech & Natural Conversational Flow
When "gnomon" is followed by a word starting with a vowel, glide the final consonant into the opening vowel (e.g. "gnomon is" sounds like "gnomon-iz").
In natural sentences, avoid over-stressing "gnomon" unless it conveys the core contrast or focal point of your message.
Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context
“The object that casts the shadow is a stick in the center known as a gnomon.”— TED-EdWatch clip
“remember that uh when this image was made uh the gnomon on the left was 40”— StanfordWatch clip
“a gnomon, a tool used by the Romans for finding a propitious site.”— MIT OpenCourseWareWatch clip
“One of his contributions was introducing the gnomon, the part of the sundial that casts a shadow, to Greece.”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“ping-pong ball is the gnomon because ping-pong balls are available anywhere in the world so we did this back in 2004 when the Spirit and Opportunity Rovers”— TED-EdWatch clip
“It's not really difficult to erect a vertical stick, a gnomon, in Mesopotamia.”— MIT OpenCourseWareWatch clip
Aussprache üben: „gnomon“
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The object that casts the shadow is a stick in the center known as a gnomon.
Im Kontext hören: “gnomon”
7 ClipsThe Englisch word “gnomon” is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as ˈnoʊˌmɑn (phonetic respelling: NOH-mahn). Phonologically, it consists of 2 syllables (NOH · mahn), with primary lexical stress placed on the 1st (initial) syllable (NOH). Grammatically, “gnomon” functions as a noun. SayItVid indexes 7 authentic Englisch video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “gnomon” in natural connected speech across American (US: 7 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from TED-Ed, Stanford, MIT OpenCourseWare.
Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)
- 🇺🇸 USTED-EdClip #1 · @0:42
“onto a surface. The object that casts the shadow is a stick in the center known as a gnomon. A well-constructed sundial can measure time with remarkable accuracy,”
- 🇺🇸 USStanfordClip #2 · @51:26
“learning to give ja sing's instruments a very very ancient date indeed remember that uh when this image was made uh the gnomon on the left was 40 years”
- 🇺🇸 USMIT OpenCourseWareClip #3 · @75:41
“Next. a gnomon, a tool used by the Romans for finding a propitious site. for finding a propitious site.”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #4 · @6:42
“Anaximander worked in astronomy, geography, and mathematics. One of his contributions was introducing the gnomon, the part of the sundial that casts a shadow, to Greece. a shadow, to Greece.”
- 🇺🇸 USTED-EdClip #5 · @6:39
“and anchors and here's the traditional latitude and longitude and it's the ping-pong ball is the gnomon because ping-pong balls are available anywhere in the world so we did this back in 2004 when the Spirit and Opportunity Rovers in the world so we did this back in 2004 when the Spirit and Opportunity Rovers”
Definition & Bedeutung: “gnomon”
- An object such as a pillar or a rod that is used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it, especially the pointer on a sundial.
- An object such as a pillar used by an observer to calculate the meridian altitude of the sun (that is, the altitude of the sun when it reaches the observer's meridian), for the purpose of determining the observer's latitude.
Beispielsätze im Kontext (3)
- “Let a Gnomon, being firſt ſharpened into a Point, be ſhaped, and faſtned in ſuch wiſe, that it no way hinder either the draught of the Horizontal Line, or the Point of the ſhadow from having free access to the Dial at all times of the Year. […] Upon the Superfices of the Dial, obſerve the Point of the Shadow of the Gnomon (making a mark at it) and the Sun's Altitude, both of them at the ſame inſtant of time.”
- “This muſt be performed by help of a Spherick Gnomon, (as Blaew [Willem Janszoon Blaeu] calls it,) which is a ſmall Pin or Needle fixed perpendicularly into a ſmal Baſis with an hollow concave bottom, that it may ſtand upon the convexity of the Globe.”
- “The object that casts the shadow is a stick in the center known as a gnomon.”
Aussprache: “gnomon”
- Pronunciation:
- NOH-mahn
- Silben:
- NOH · mahn
- Written Hyphenation:
- gno · mon
- Hauptbetonung:
- NOH
- IPA:
- ˈnoʊˌmɑn
- Im Kontext hören
- gnomon
Synonyme: “gnomon”
Höre bedeutungsverwandte Wörter zu „gnomon“ in echten Videoclips:
Reimwörter für “gnomon”
-oʊˌmɑnKlangidentische Wörter (Homophone)
Einzigartiger KlangFür "gnomon" (⁄ˈnoʊˌmɑn⁄) sind keine exakten Homophone bekannt.
Häufige Fragen zu „gnomon“
Wie spricht man „gnomon“ aus?
„gnomon“ wird als ⁄ˈnoʊˌmɑn⁄ (NOH-mahn) ausgesprochen. Höre dir die Videoclips von Muttersprachlern oben an, um es im echten Sprachgebrauch zu hören.
Wie viele Silben hat „gnomon“?
„gnomon“ hat 2 Silben: NOH · mahn.
Wo liegt die Betonung bei „gnomon“?
Die Hauptbetonung bei „gnomon“ liegt auf „NOH“. Achte in den Clips oben besonders auf die betonte Silbe.
Was bedeutet „gnomon“?
An object such as a pillar or a rod that is used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it, especially the pointer on a sundial.
Wie kann ich „gnomon“ in echten Sätzen hören?
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What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “gnomon”?
The "g" combined with "n" in "gnomon" is unvoiced. Produce only the /n/ consonant sound. Pronouncing a hard /g/ is a telltale sign of non-native disfluency.