Wie man „torment“ auf Englisch ausspricht
ˈtɔːrmənt
TOR·mənt
Hauptbetonung: TOR
Höre Muttersprachler „torment“ im Kontext echter Videoclips sprechen
Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “torment”
Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence
Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution
TOR
Tense long vowel with sustained acoustic resonance.
mənt
Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.
Primary emphasis falls on the first syllable ("TOR"). 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 "torment" is followed by a word starting with a vowel, glide the final consonant into the opening vowel (e.g. "torment is" sounds like "torment-iz").
In natural sentences, avoid over-stressing "torment" unless it conveys the core contrast or focal point of your message.
Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context
“torment to keep his deceits from coming to light all you whom love has made the”— Harvard UniversityWatch clip
“to torment or tease someone with the sight or promise of something unreachable.”— TEDx TalksWatch clip
“We torment ourselves over the question of what's possible and what it will lead to.”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“smells that torment them um one that i've heard moderately frequently is a kind of concern about smells of”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“ferment and torment in the united states because of the vietnam war so radical lawyers were becoming”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“torment to the most like like e- elation and happiness that it's over.”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
Aussprache üben: „torment“
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torment to keep his deceits from coming to light all you whom love has made the
Im Kontext hören: “torment”
210 ClipsThe Englisch word “torment” is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as ˈtɔːrmənt (phonetic respelling: TOR-mənt). Phonologically, it consists of 2 syllables (TOR · mənt), with primary lexical stress placed on the 1st (initial) syllable (TOR). Grammatically, “torment” functions as a noun, verb and acts as an English heteronym where syllable stress shifts between noun (initial-syllable stress) and verb (second-syllable stress) usage. SayItVid indexes 210 authentic Englisch video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “torment” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from Harvard University, TEDx Talks, YaleCourses.
Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)
- 🇺🇸 USHarvard UniversityClip #1 · @10:23
“write might serve free hearts for as a warning clouded my inspiration with torment to keep his deceits from coming to light all you whom love has made the slaves of various passions when in one small book you read of such varied”
- 🇺🇸 USTEDx TalksClip #2 · @1:13
“tantalized from to torment or tease someone with the sight or promise of something unreachable. sight or promise of something”
- 🇺🇸 USYaleCoursesClip #3 · @10:32
“rejection of the means of grace would probably ultimately suffer eternal torment in hell. Okay.”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #4 · @2:42
“come and go and the political mood changes. We torment ourselves over the question of what's possible and what it will lead to. It's a big issue, to. It's a big issue,”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #5 · @5:04
“quite bizarre things um you know so um people describing very specific um smells that torment them um one that i've heard moderately frequently is a kind of concern about smells of frequently is a kind of concern about smells of”
Definition & Bedeutung: “torment”
- A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
- Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
- To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
Beispielsätze im Kontext (3)
- “I've gone through living torment.”
- “The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.”
- “torment to keep his deceits from coming to light all you whom love has made the”
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Aussprache: “torment”
- Pronunciation:
- TOR-mənt
- Silben:
- TOR · mənt
- Written Hyphenation:
- tor · ment
- Hauptbetonung:
- TOR
- IPA:
- ˈtɔːrmənt
- Im Kontext hören
- torment
Synonyme: “torment”
Höre bedeutungsverwandte Wörter zu „torment“ in echten Videoclips:
Reimwörter für “torment”
-ɔrməntKlangidentische Wörter (Homophone)
Einzigartiger KlangFür "torment" (⁄ˈtɔːrmənt⁄) sind keine exakten Homophone bekannt.
Häufige Fragen zu „torment“
Wie spricht man „torment“ aus?
„torment“ wird als ⁄ˈtɔːrmənt⁄ (TOR-mənt) ausgesprochen. Höre dir die Videoclips von Muttersprachlern oben an, um es im echten Sprachgebrauch zu hören.
Wie viele Silben hat „torment“?
„torment“ hat 2 Silben: TOR · mənt.
Wo liegt die Betonung bei „torment“?
Die Hauptbetonung bei „torment“ liegt auf „TOR“. Achte in den Clips oben besonders auf die betonte Silbe.
Was bedeutet „torment“?
A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
Wie kann ich „torment“ in echten Sätzen hören?
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What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “torment”?
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⁄).