英語で「elephant」はどう発音する？
ˈɛl.ɪ.fənt
EL·ih·fənt
第1強勢： EL
実際の動画クリップの中でネイティブが文脈に合わせて「elephant」を発音するのを聴く
Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “elephant”
Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence
Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution
EL
Elevated pitch, sustained vowel length, and full acoustic clarity.
ih
Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.
fənt
Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.
Primary emphasis falls on the first syllable ("EL"). 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 "elephant" is followed by a word starting with a vowel, glide the final consonant into the opening vowel (e.g. "elephant is" sounds like "elephant-iz").
Maintain the stress-timed rhythm of English: compress unstressed syllables rapidly so the beat of "elephant" aligns naturally with adjacent words.
Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context
“elephant I should be getting suici successfully less people putting their hands up but getting more people or how”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“elephant who unfortunately had been separated from his mother and in that process of being separated from his”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“Elephant Man about eight days after coming out of of of the coma his parents told him the”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“elephant mushrooms, spiced with wisps of curry yogurt, fat langoustines with blunt, pink tails wrapped in shredded”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“elephant. Big almost one floor, maybe one and half floor, very big. Back of head there's”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“elephant is a stark one the villagers of lustin have been put in an impossible”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
「elephant」のスピーキング練習
ネイティブの発音を聞き、マイクに向かってセンテンスを復唱すると、リアルタイムで単語ごとの発音精度スコアが表示されます。
elephant I should be getting suici successfully less people putting their hands up but getting more people or how
文脈で聴く: “elephant”
3,973 件のクリップThe 英語 word “elephant” is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as ˈɛl.ɪ.fənt (phonetic respelling: EL-ih-fənt). Phonologically, it consists of 3 syllables (EL · ih · fənt), with primary lexical stress placed on the 1st (initial) syllable (EL). Grammatically, “elephant” functions as a noun. SayItVid indexes 3,973 authentic 英語 video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “elephant” 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 · @32:06
“horse okay how about an elephant I should be getting suici successfully less people putting their hands up but getting more people or how successfully less people putting their”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #2 · @4:01
“name was Kungchai. He was a little Thai elephant who unfortunately had been separated from his mother and in that process of being separated from his separated from his mother and in that”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #3 · @14:09
“side of his head to expand like the Elephant Man about eight days after coming out of of of the coma his parents told him the Man about eight days after coming out of”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #4 · @4:23
“colors, tiny pink radishes, bright carrots, asparagus tips, elephant mushrooms, spiced with wisps of curry yogurt, fat langoustines with blunt, pink tails wrapped in shredded fat langoustines with blunt, pink tails wrapped in shredded”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #5 · @32:44
“I was walking in the park. I saw giant animals coming. Look, first time in my life seeing elephant. Big almost one floor, maybe one and half floor, very big. Back of head there's one tiny guy controlling elephant. Elephant, you know, taking how to say- bananas, apples,”
意味と定義: “elephant”
- A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
- Anything huge and ponderous.
動画内の例文 (2)
- “elephant I should be getting suici successfully less people putting their hands up but getting more people or how”
- “elephant who unfortunately had been separated from his mother and in that process of being separated from his”
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発音: “elephant”
- Pronunciation:
- EL-ih-fənt
- 音節:
- EL · ih · fənt
- Written Hyphenation:
- el · e · phant
- 第1強勢：
- EL
- IPA:
- ˈɛl.ɪ.fənt
- 文脈で聴く
- elephant
押韻・ライミングワード： “elephant”
-ɛlɪfənt発音が全く同じ単語（同音異義語）
固有の発音「elephant」 (⁄ˈɛl.ɪ.fənt⁄) には一般的な語彙において同音異義語がありません。
「elephant」に関するよくある質問
「elephant」の英語の発音は？
「elephant」の発音記号は ⁄ˈɛl.ɪ.fənt⁄ (EL-ih-fənt) です。上のネイティブ動画クリップを再生して、実際の会話におけるリアルな発音を聞いてみましょう。
「elephant」の音節（シラブル）数はいくつですか？
「elephant」には 3 つの音節があります：EL · ih · fənt。
「elephant」のアクセント（強勢）はどこですか？
「elephant」の第1強勢（主アクセント）は「EL」にあります。動画内の強勢の置かれ方に注目して聴いてみてください。
「elephant」の意味は何ですか？
A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
「elephant」が実際に使われている文を聞くには？
このページには、字幕付きの動画例文が 3973 件収録されています。「前へ / 次へ」（または矢印キー ← / →）を使って発音される瞬間をピンポイントで再生できます。
What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “elephant”?
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⁄).