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Comment prononcer « humorous » en anglais

humorous se prononce ˈhjuːmərəs, avec l’accent tonique principal sur la syllabe « HYOO ». Écoutez des locuteurs natifs le prononcer dans 691 extraits avec sous-titres synchronisés et repères temporels ci-dessous.

ˈhjuːmərəs

HYOO·mər·əs

Accent tonique principal : HYOO

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IPAˈhjuːmərəs
SayHYOO-mər-əs
SyllabesHYOO · mər · əs
Écouter en contexteUS
9:26

to be both a comedy and also a tragedy that that there are there are very humorous stories of people who are able to sort of get over who sort of delight in um fooling white folks to quote Langston Hughes um and who are very

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Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence

ˈhjuːmərəs

Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution

Syllable 1Primary Stress

HYOO

Tense long vowel with sustained acoustic resonance.

Syllable 2Unstressed

mər

Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.

Syllable 3Unstressed

əs

Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.

Primary emphasis falls on the first syllable ("HYOO"). Raise your pitch and sustain the vowel length on this syllable while relaxing the surrounding syllables.

Common Pronunciation Traps & Learner Mistakes

⚠️ Unstressed Syllable Vowel Reduction (Schwa ⁄ə⁄)

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

🔗 Consonant-Vowel Linking (Liaison)

When "humorous" is followed by a word starting with a vowel, glide the final consonant into the opening vowel (e.g. "humorous is" sounds like "humorous-iz").

⏱️ Stress-Timed Rhythm

Maintain the stress-timed rhythm of English: compress unstressed syllables rapidly so the beat of "humorous" aligns naturally with adjacent words.

Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context

Verified Transcripts
“humorous stories of people who are able to sort of get over who sort of delight”
— StanfordWatch clip
“humorous causes and physical reactions.”
— TEDx TalksWatch clip
“humorous to drama back to humor thank you go ahead please”
— Harvard UniversityWatch clip
“humorous there are homographs in which two words look similar or identical even but they sound very very different now these work much better as visual puns”
— WIREDWatch clip
“humorous to find out about themselves that's what i would do like if i had the power to build clones”
— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“humorous let's try the that the mesh region for that and now we should have a”
— Native SpeakerWatch clip
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The Anglais word “humorous” is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as ˈhjuːmərəs (phonetic respelling: HYOO-mər-əs). Phonologically, it consists of 3 syllables (HYOO · mər · əs), with primary lexical stress placed on the 1st (initial) syllable (HYOO). Grammatically, “humorous” functions as a adjective. SayItVid indexes 691 authentic Anglais video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “humorous” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from Stanford, TEDx Talks, Harvard University.

Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)

  • 🇺🇸 USStanford
    Clip #1 · @9:26
    “to be both a comedy and also a tragedy that that there are there are very humorous stories of people who are able to sort of get over who sort of delight in um fooling white folks to quote Langston Hughes um and who are very”
  • 🇺🇸 USTEDx Talks
    Clip #2 · @3:18
    “gift. So, humor helps you see humorous causes and physical reactions. So, humor enlightens. The twist to the theory is this. enlightens. The twist to the theory is this.”
  • 🇺🇸 USHarvard University
    Clip #3 · @16:53
    “the two of us there were clear shifts in tone from humorous to drama back to humor thank you go ahead please thank you go ahead please”
  • 🇺🇸 USWIRED
    Clip #4 · @2:22
    “what are approximately 98% of these puns not going to be what humorous there are homographs in which two words look similar or identical even but they sound very very different now these work much better as visual puns but they sound very very different now these work much better as visual puns”
  • 🇺🇸 US
    Clip #5 · @198:51
    “uh you know maybe the designer built humorous to find out about themselves that's what i would do like if i had the power to build clones that's what i would do like if i had the power to build clones”

Définition et signification: “humorous”

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ADJECTIVE
  • Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
  • Showing humor; witty, jocular.

Exemples de phrases en contexte (3)

  • “The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.”
  • “humorous stories of people who are able to sort of get over who sort of delight”
  • “humorous causes and physical reactions. So, humor enlightens. The twist to the theory is this.”

Expressions et collocations courantes

humorous storieshumorous causesbuilt humoroushumorous videosee humorous

Prononciation: “humorous”

Pronunciation:
HYOO-mər-əs
Syllabes:
HYOO · mər · əs
Written Hyphenation:
hu · mor · ous
Accent tonique principal :
HYOO
IPA:
ˈhjuːmərəs
Écouter en contexte
humorous

Synonymes: “humorous”

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Mots qui riment avec “humorous”

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Questions fréquentes sur « humorous »

Comment prononcer « humorous » en anglais ?

« humorous » se prononce ⁄ˈhjuːmərəs⁄ (HYOO-mər-əs). Écoutez les extraits vidéo de locuteurs natifs ci-dessus pour l’entendre en situation réelle.

Combien de syllabes compte « humorous » ?

« humorous » compte 3 syllabes : HYOO · mər · əs.

Où se trouve l’accent tonique dans « humorous » ?

L’accent tonique principal dans « humorous » se trouve sur « HYOO ». Repérez bien cette syllabe accentuée dans les vidéos ci-dessus.

Que signifie « humorous » ?

Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.

Comment écouter « humorous » dans des phrases réelles ?

Cette page contient 691 exemples vidéo de « humorous » avec sous-titres synchronisés. Utilisez Précédent / Suivant (ou les flèches ← / →) pour écouter chaque passage.

What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “humorous”?

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⁄).