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Hoe spreek je „viscosity” uit in het Engels

viscosity wordt uitgesproken als vɪˈskɒsɪti, met de hoofdklemtoon op de lettergreep “SKO”. Hoor authentieke moedertaalsprekers in 676 clips met gesynchroniseerde ondertitels en tijdstempels hieronder.

vɪˈskɒsɪti

vih·SKO·sih·tee

Hoofdklemtoon: SKO

Accent:
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IPAvɪˈskɒsɪti
Sayvih-SKO-sih-tee
Lettergrepenvih · SKO · sih · tee
Hoor in contextUS
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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 Engels 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 Engels 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”

Definitie & Betekenis: “viscosity”

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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.

Voorbeeldzinnen in context (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”

Veelvoorkomende uitdrukkingen

make a viscositymental viscosityslips viscosity

Uitspraak: “viscosity”

Pronunciation:
vih-SKO-sih-tee
Lettergrepen:
vih · SKO · sih · tee
Written Hyphenation:
vis · cos · i · ty
Hoofdklemtoon:
SKO
IPA:
vɪˈskɒsɪti
Hoor in context
viscosity

Synoniemen: “viscosity”

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Hoe spreek je “viscosity” uit in het Engels?

“viscosity” wordt uitgesproken als ⁄vɪˈskɒsɪti⁄ (vih-SKO-sih-tee). Luister naar de videoclips van moedertaalsprekers hierboven om het in context te horen.

Hoeveel lettergrepen heeft “viscosity”?

“viscosity” heeft 4 lettergrepen: vih · SKO · sih · tee.

Waar ligt de klemtoon bij “viscosity”?

De hoofdklemtoon bij “viscosity” ligt op “SKO”. Let op die beklemtoonde lettergreep in de videofragmenten hierboven.

Wat betekent “viscosity”?

The state of being viscous.

Hoe kan ik “viscosity” in echte zinnen horen?

Deze pagina bevat 676 videovoorbeelden van “viscosity” met gesynchroniseerde ondertiteling. Gebruik Vorige / Volgende (of de pijltjestoetsen ← / →) om elk fragment direct te beluisteren.

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].