Come pronunciare «proportion» in inglese
prəˈpɔːrʃən
prə·POR·shən
Accento principale: POR
Ascolta madrelingua dire «proportion» nel contesto di video reali
Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “proportion”
Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence
Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution
prə
Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.
POR
Tense long vowel with sustained acoustic resonance.
shən
Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.
Primary emphasis falls on the second syllable ("POR"). 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 "proportion" is followed by a word starting with a vowel, glide the final consonant into the opening vowel (e.g. "proportion is" sounds like "proportion-iz").
Maintain the stress-timed rhythm of English: compress unstressed syllables rapidly so the beat of "proportion" aligns naturally with adjacent words.
Shifts primary stress to the syllable immediately preceding "-tion".
Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context
“proportion of kids are below the poverty line, but is right next door to so many very successful companies.”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“proportion isn't this way so in India I don't know what it is but I would guess”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“proportion to the size of the states uh but there would be no tossup states that”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“proportion um for me one way it changed was that I was primarily concerned with”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“proportion of their budgets should be reserved for rd it's there needs to be”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“proportion I mean that's less than 10% and the really serious problem is”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
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proportion of kids are below the poverty line, but is right next door to so many very successful companies.
Ascolta nel contesto: “proportion”
4596 clipThe Inglese word “proportion” is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as prəˈpɔːrʃən (phonetic respelling: prə-POR-shən). Phonologically, it consists of 3 syllables (prə · POR · shən), with primary lexical stress placed on the 2nd syllable (POR). Grammatically, “proportion” 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 4596 authentic Inglese video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “proportion” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents.
Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)
- 🇺🇸 USClip #1 · @13:27
“a chance to volunteer in East Palo Alto-- where I don't what proportion of kids are below the poverty line, but is right next door to so many very successful companies. but is right next door to so many very successful companies.”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #2 · @20:49
“relative to other countries where the proportion isn't this way so in India I don't know what it is but I would guess don't know what it is but I would guess”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #3 · @25:19
“states if candidates had to seek out support everywhere maybe roughly in proportion to the size of the states uh but there would be no tossup states that would be decisive uh everybody would be in that sense decisive and what that”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #4 · @14:02
“really dealing with art in the in the right uh proportion um for me one way it changed was that I was primarily concerned with live performance for many years um I loved writing about recordings but I was”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #5 · @26:27
“available for translational research and to make it clear two countries what proportion of their budgets should be reserved for rd it's there needs to be in order to bake it into cultures in order to bake it into society's we need”
Definizione e significato: “proportion”
- A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.
- Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.
- To divide into proper shares; to apportion.
- To form symmetrically.
Frasi di esempio nel contesto (3)
- ““I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital,[…]!””
- “In order to proportion the braking force to the weight carried by a wheel - a matter of special importance in the braking of wagons - variable leverage systems are now being introduced in which the end of one axle spring is linked to a control spring in the change-over valve, so automatically varying the leverage exerted by the brake-rod according to whether the wagon is full or empty.”
- “proportion of kids are below the poverty line, but is right next door to so many very successful companies.”
Frasi ed espressioni comuni
Pronuncia: “proportion”
- Pronunciation:
- prə-POR-shən
- Sillabe:
- prə · POR · shən
- Written Hyphenation:
- pro · por · tion
- Accento principale:
- POR
- IPA:
- prəˈpɔːrʃən
- Ascolta nel contesto
- proportion
Sinonimi: “proportion”
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Parole che fanno rima con “proportion”
-ɔrʃənParole con suono identico (Omofoni)
Suono unicoNessun omofono noto per "proportion" (⁄prəˈpɔːrʃən⁄).
Domande frequenti su «proportion»
Come si pronuncia «proportion» in inglese?
«proportion» si pronuncia ⁄prəˈpɔːrʃən⁄ (prə-POR-shən). Ascolta i video clip di madrelingua sopra per sentirla in una conversazione reale.
Quante sillabe ha «proportion»?
«proportion» ha 3 sillabe: prə · POR · shən.
Dov’è l’accento in «proportion»?
L’accento principale in «proportion» cade su «POR». Presta attenzione alla sillaba accentata nei video sopra.
Cosa significa «proportion»?
A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.
Come posso ascoltare «proportion» in frasi reali?
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What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “proportion”?
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⁄).