Cómo pronunciar «figment» en inglés
ˈfɪɡ.mənt
FIG·mənt
Acento principal: FIG
Escucha a hablantes nativos decir «figment» en contexto en clips de video reales
orthopedic shoes? She's not real. She is a figment of your age bias. She is something that the advertising industry manufactured to make you laugh and to something that the advertising industry
Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “figment”
Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence
Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution
FIG
Elevated pitch, sustained vowel length, and full acoustic clarity.
mənt
Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.
Primary emphasis falls on the first syllable ("FIG"). 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 "figment" is followed by a word starting with a vowel, glide the final consonant into the opening vowel (e.g. "figment is" sounds like "figment-iz").
In natural sentences, avoid over-stressing "figment" unless it conveys the core contrast or focal point of your message.
Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context
“a figment of your age bias.”— TEDx TalksWatch clip
“THE AFFAIR BETWEEN JOHN PROCTOR AND ABIGAIL WILLIAMS IS A FIGMENT OF ARTHUR MILLER'S FEVERED 1950s MALE IMAGINATION.”— Smithsonian ChannelWatch clip
“windmills offshore this is a an artist I think figment it's not a true picture”— YaleCoursesWatch clip
“This is all a figment of our imaginations, based on what we think-- what we do understand, in the test tube of peptide bond hydrolysis--”— MIT OpenCourseWareWatch clip
“today the whole thing was probably a hoax anyway a figment of someone's perverse imagination and you are very wise to have your”— Harvard UniversityWatch clip
“sure you could be a figment of my uh imagination uh it doesn't mean that”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
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Escucha la pronunciación nativa, grábate repitiendo la frase en tu micrófono y obtén puntuación de precisión en tiempo real palabra por palabra.
a figment of your age bias.
Escuchar en contexto: “figment”
95 clipsThe Inglés word “figment” is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as ˈfɪɡ.mənt (phonetic respelling: FIG-mənt). Phonologically, it consists of 2 syllables (FIG · mənt), with primary lexical stress placed on the 1st (initial) syllable (FIG). Grammatically, “figment” functions as a noun. SayItVid indexes 95 authentic Inglés video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “figment” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from TEDx Talks, Smithsonian Channel, YaleCourses.
Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)
- 🇺🇸 USTEDx TalksClip #1 · @5:54
“orthopedic shoes? She's not real. She is a figment of your age bias. She is something that the advertising industry manufactured to make you laugh and to something that the advertising industry”
- 🇺🇸 USSmithsonian ChannelClip #2 · @18:59
“Howe: THAT IS DEFINITELY NOT WHAT HAPPENED. THE AFFAIR BETWEEN JOHN PROCTOR AND ABIGAIL WILLIAMS IS A FIGMENT OF ARTHUR MILLER'S FEVERED 1950s MALE IMAGINATION. IS A FIGMENT OF ARTHUR MILLER'S FEVERED 1950s MALE IMAGINATION.”
- 🇺🇸 USYaleCoursesClip #3 · @19:15
“yet and now there's a lot of discussion up and down the East Coast to put windmills offshore this is a an artist I think figment it's not a true picture but basically put them a kilometer to offshore where people don't have to look”
- 🇺🇸 USMIT OpenCourseWareClip #4 · @50:47
“You go through a tetrahedral intermediate. This is all a figment of our imaginations, based on what we think-- what we do understand, in the test tube of peptide bond hydrolysis-- based on what we think-- what we do understand,”
- 🇺🇸 USHarvard UniversityClip #5 · @1:55
“radio off before they even announced that John D bergna was having a birthday today the whole thing was probably a hoax anyway a figment of someone's perverse imagination and you are very wise to have your perverse imagination and you are very wise to have your”
Definición y significado: “figment”
- A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
- An item which has been crafted.
Oraciones de ejemplo (3)
- “a figment of one's imagination”
- “a figment of your age bias. She is something that the advertising industry manufactured to make you laugh and to”
- “THE AFFAIR BETWEEN JOHN PROCTOR AND ABIGAIL WILLIAMS IS A FIGMENT OF ARTHUR MILLER'S FEVERED 1950s MALE IMAGINATION.”
Pronunciación: “figment”
- Pronunciation:
- FIG-mənt
- Sílabas:
- FIG · mənt
- Written Hyphenation:
- fig · ment
- Acento principal:
- FIG
- IPA:
- ˈfɪɡ.mənt
- Escuchar en contexto
- figment
Palabras que riman con “figment”
-ɪgməntPalabras con sonido idéntico (Homófonos)
Sonido únicoNo se conocen homófonos exactos para "figment" (⁄ˈfɪɡ.mənt⁄).
Preguntas frecuentes sobre «figment»
¿Cómo se pronuncia «figment» en inglés?
«figment» se pronuncia ⁄ˈfɪɡ.mənt⁄ (FIG-mənt). Escucha los clips de video de hablantes nativos arriba para oírla en contexto real.
¿Cuántas sílabas tiene «figment»?
«figment» tiene 2 sílabas: FIG · mənt.
¿Dónde está el acento en «figment»?
El acento principal en «figment» está en «FIG». Presta atención a esa sílaba tónica en los videos de arriba.
¿Qué significa «figment»?
A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
¿Cómo puedo escuchar «figment» en frases reales?
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What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “figment”?
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⁄).