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Comment prononcer « viscosity » en anglais

viscosity se prononce vɪˈskɒsɪti, avec l’accent tonique principal sur la syllabe « SKO ». Écoutez des locuteurs natifs le prononcer dans 676 extraits avec sous-titres synchronisés et repères temporels ci-dessous.

vɪˈskɒsɪti

vih·SKO·sih·tee

Accent tonique principal : SKO

Accent :
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IPAvɪˈskɒsɪti
Sayvih-SKO-sih-tee
Syllabesvih · SKO · sih · tee
Écouter en contexteUS
23:02
Raccourcis clavier : ← Précédent, → Suivant, R Rejouer • Press L to loop sentence • Space to pause/resume

Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “viscosity”

Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence

vɪˈskɒsɪti

Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution

Syl. 1Unstressed

vih

Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.

Syl. 2Primary Stress

SKO

Elevated pitch, sustained vowel length, and full acoustic clarity.

Syl. 3Unstressed

sih

Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.

Syl. 4Unstressed

tee

Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.

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

Common Pronunciation Traps & Learner Mistakes

⚠️ Intervocalic Tap / Flap [ɾ] in American English

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

🔗 Consonant-Vowel Linking (Liaison)

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

⏱️ Stress-Timed Rhythm

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

📐 Morphological Stress Rule (-ity)

Shifts primary stress to the antepenultimate syllable (two syllables back).

Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context

Verified Transcripts
“Viscosity is a measure of how slippy the fluid is; different layers of fluid, how easily they slide by one”
— YaleCoursesWatch clip
“viscosity can always be described in principle by understanding hot quirks and gluons and but when I say in principle”
— StanfordWatch clip
“Viscosity tells me about how stress gets transported-- how momentum, rather, gets transported in a non-normal direction, against the direction”
— MIT OpenCourseWareWatch clip
“viscosity and I say olive oil okay so it's a problem because with a water is”
— Harvard UniversityWatch clip
“Viscosity as engineering students from uh most of the engineering uh branches can”
— TEDx TalksWatch clip
“viscosity and all we need to do is measure the radius and we have the resistance so it's pretty powerful formula and we can actually use this to”
— Khan AcademyWatch clip
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Viscosity is a measure of how slippy the fluid is; different layers of fluid, how easily they slide by one

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The Anglais word “viscosity” is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as vɪˈskɒsɪti (phonetic respelling: vih-SKO-sih-tee). Phonologically, it consists of 4 syllables (vih · SKO · sih · tee), with primary lexical stress placed on the 2nd syllable (SKO). Grammatically, “viscosity” functions as a noun. SayItVid indexes 676 authentic Anglais video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “viscosity” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from YaleCourses, Stanford, MIT OpenCourseWare.

Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)

  • 🇺🇸 USYaleCourses
    Clip #1 · @23:02
    “not perfect friction, it slips. Viscosity is a measure of how slippy the fluid is; different layers of fluid, how easily they slide by one different layers of fluid, how easily they slide by one”
  • 🇺🇸 USStanford
    Clip #2 · @9:35
    “uh what I'm asking but there is viscosity something right there's the viscosity can always be described in principle by understanding hot quirks and gluons and but when I say in principle and gluons and but when I say in principle”
  • 🇺🇸 USMIT OpenCourseWare
    Clip #3 · @27:33
    “known as the viscosity. Viscosity tells me about how stress gets transported-- how momentum, rather, gets transported in a non-normal direction, against the direction how momentum, rather, gets transported”
  • 🇺🇸 USHarvard University
    Clip #4 · @33:45
    “viscosity uh I say okay which one is more difficult for make another viscosity and I say olive oil okay so it's a problem because with a water is very easy and make a viscosity but the viscosity and viscosity it's it's not”
  • 🇺🇸 USTEDx Talks
    Clip #5 · @15:35
    “this term called mental viscosity. Viscosity as engineering students from uh most of the engineering uh branches can uh”

Définition et signification: “viscosity”

Audio
NOUN
  • The state of being viscous.
  • A quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid, as measured by the force per unit area resisting uniform flow.

Exemples de phrases en contexte (3)

  • “Near-synonym: thickness”
  • “The microcannon was seen moving at about a micron per second, it was about 15 microns long, and the high speed photograph was done in water (density of 1 kg/L, viscosity of about 0.001 pascal seconds).”
  • “Viscosity is a measure of how slippy the fluid is; different layers of fluid, how easily they slide by one”

Expressions et collocations courantes

make a viscositymental viscosityslips viscosity

Prononciation: “viscosity”

Pronunciation:
vih-SKO-sih-tee
Syllabes:
vih · SKO · sih · tee
Written Hyphenation:
vis · cos · i · ty
Accent tonique principal :
SKO
IPA:
vɪˈskɒsɪti
Écouter en contexte
viscosity

Synonymes: “viscosity”

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Questions fréquentes sur « viscosity »

Comment prononcer « viscosity » en anglais ?

« viscosity » se prononce ⁄vɪˈskɒsɪti⁄ (vih-SKO-sih-tee). Écoutez les extraits vidéo de locuteurs natifs ci-dessus pour l’entendre en situation réelle.

Combien de syllabes compte « viscosity » ?

« viscosity » compte 4 syllabes : vih · SKO · sih · tee.

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

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

Que signifie « viscosity » ?

The state of being viscous.

Comment écouter « viscosity » dans des phrases réelles ?

Cette page contient 676 exemples vidéo de « viscosity » avec sous-titres synchronisés. Utilisez Précédent / Suivant (ou les flèches ← / →) pour écouter chaque passage.

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

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].