Wie man „leotard“ auf Englisch ausspricht
ˈliː.əˌtɑːrd
LEE·ə·tard
Hauptbetonung: LEE
Höre Muttersprachler „leotard“ im Kontext echter Videoclips sprechen
Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “leotard”
Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence
Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution
LEE
Tense long vowel with sustained acoustic resonance.
ə
Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.
tard
Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.
Primary emphasis falls on the first syllable ("LEE"). Raise your pitch and sustain the vowel length on this syllable while relaxing the surrounding syllables.
Common Pronunciation Traps & Learner Mistakes
The Trap: Pronouncing a hard, aspirated [tʰ] in casual conversation can sound overly formal in North America.
How Native Speakers Say It: In American English, a single "t" between vowels quickly taps against the alveolar ridge like a soft "d" ([ɾ]). In British English, maintain a crisp aspirated [tʰ].
Connected Speech & Natural Conversational Flow
When "leotard" is followed by a word starting with a vowel, glide the final consonant into the opening vowel (e.g. "leotard is" sounds like "leotard-iz").
Maintain the stress-timed rhythm of English: compress unstressed syllables rapidly so the beat of "leotard" aligns naturally with adjacent words.
Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context
“that I was wearing ballet tights and a black leotard and I was looking at myself in the mirror.”— TEDx TalksWatch clip
“We started off with black tights and a black leotard and a black hood.”— WIREDWatch clip
“And every week, I squeezed into a leotard and blue shiny hot pants.”— Harvard UniversityWatch clip
“it's basically the idea of you wear a leotard and they put some reflective markers on your body and instead of using cameras there's infrared sensors”— TED-EdWatch clip
“and then you have to go put on a leotard and tights and be a prince, and then you close out the evening doing some sort of Fred Astaire inspired soft shoe finale.”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“He was wearing a golden leotard with once again, kaleidoscope glasses, shirtless dancing like dancing.”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
Aussprache üben: „leotard“
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that I was wearing ballet tights and a black leotard and I was looking at myself in the mirror.
Im Kontext hören: “leotard”
38 ClipsThe Englisch word “leotard” is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as ˈliː.əˌtɑːrd (phonetic respelling: LEE-ə-tard). Phonologically, it consists of 3 syllables (LEE · ə · tard), with primary lexical stress placed on the 1st (initial) syllable (LEE). Grammatically, “leotard” functions as a noun. SayItVid indexes 38 authentic Englisch video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “leotard” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from TEDx Talks, WIRED, Harvard University.
Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)
- 🇺🇸 USTEDx TalksClip #1 · @4:24
“wasn't until I was 17 in that studio that I was wearing ballet tights and a black leotard and I was looking at myself in the mirror. black leotard and I was looking at”
- 🇺🇸 USWIREDClip #2 · @5:32
“they covered me in this gold. We started off with black tights and a black leotard and a black hood. and a black leotard and a black hood.”
- 🇺🇸 USHarvard UniversityClip #3 · @37:08
“You see, when I was a kid, I was a ballet dancer. And every week, I squeezed into a leotard and blue shiny hot pants. shiny hot pants.”
- 🇺🇸 USTED-EdClip #4 · @7:21
“something called marker-based motion capture I'll show you an example here it's basically the idea of you wear a leotard and they put some reflective markers on your body and instead of using cameras there's infrared sensors markers on your body and instead of using cameras there's infrared sensors”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #5 · @9:44
“you often find yourself doing some jazzy Jerome Robbins things like West Side Story Suite, and then you have to go put on a leotard and tights and be a prince, and then you close out the evening doing some sort of Fred Astaire inspired soft shoe finale. So it's like this out the evening doing some sort of Fred Astaire inspired soft shoe finale. So it's like this”
Definition & Bedeutung: “leotard”
- A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.)
Beispielsätze im Kontext (3)
- “Tomorrow is the day. Marie makes her first trip out of this notebook and into the world. I'm off to buy a leotard.”
- “that I was wearing ballet tights and a black leotard and I was looking at myself in the mirror.”
- “We started off with black tights and a black leotard and a black hood.”
Häufige Redewendungen & Kollokationen
Aussprache: “leotard”
- Pronunciation:
- LEE-ə-tard
- Silben:
- LEE · ə · tard
- Written Hyphenation:
- le · o · tard
- Hauptbetonung:
- LEE
- IPA:
- ˈliː.əˌtɑːrd
- Im Kontext hören
- leotard
Reimwörter für “leotard”
-iəˌtɑrdKlangidentische Wörter (Homophone)
Einzigartiger KlangFür "leotard" (⁄ˈliː.əˌtɑːrd⁄) sind keine exakten Homophone bekannt.
Häufige Fragen zu „leotard“
Wie spricht man „leotard“ aus?
„leotard“ wird als ⁄ˈliː.əˌtɑːrd⁄ (LEE-ə-tard) ausgesprochen. Höre dir die Videoclips von Muttersprachlern oben an, um es im echten Sprachgebrauch zu hören.
Wie viele Silben hat „leotard“?
„leotard“ hat 3 Silben: LEE · ə · tard.
Wo liegt die Betonung bei „leotard“?
Die Hauptbetonung bei „leotard“ liegt auf „LEE“. Achte in den Clips oben besonders auf die betonte Silbe.
Was bedeutet „leotard“?
A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.)
Wie kann ich „leotard“ in echten Sätzen hören?
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What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “leotard”?
Pronouncing a hard, aspirated [tʰ] in casual conversation can sound overly formal in North America. In American English, a single "t" between vowels quickly taps against the alveolar ridge like a soft "d" ([ɾ]). In British English, maintain a crisp aspirated [tʰ].