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# How to pronounce "construction worker" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/kɒnstrʌktɪɒnwɒrkɛr/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **con·struc·ti·on·wor·ker**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "construction worker" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "which are deadly to humanity. Construction worker Curtis, played by Michael Shannon, begins to have apocalyptic visions of a coming storm which will decimate humanity in Jeff Nichols' Take Shelter in 2011. And the film closes with drops of black rain, maybe oil, maybe something altogether more uncanny, falling from the sky."
- **Watch at 27:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glv-3dbj8RA&t=1623s)

### Example 2
> "watch this from Houston in Texas look on the middle right of the screen you can see a man there on a Ledge a construction worker he was trapped where in the apartment complex he was working on caught fire it happened on Tuesday filmed by people in a building opposite first he lowers himself away from the Flames then watch this the ladder from the firefighting truck is brought close enough for him to LEAP on and just a few"
- **Watch at 0:06**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDXmtMYsycM&t=6s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "construction worker so I would like take the morning off I work for myself fortunately so I talked to the boss and he said go and I would take the morning"
- **Watch at 22:35**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQDrUWJTmoc&t=1355s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "construction worker. He's got a reason not to get involved. He's got his two daughters. Instead, he turns to a stranger. He says, "Take care of my"
- **Watch at 1:59**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6_5lGvIxK0&t=119s)

### Example 5
> "that article are that there were 37 workers who died in the construction who worked on the construction of stadiums of which three were accidents in the construction one of whom was a British construction worker and 37 have died in what they call that non-work related deaths but this is the big issue for human rights groups not necessarily related to World Cup construction is just the Heat and the"
- **Watch at 4:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLNp5JA3g_A&t=240s)

### Example 6
> "that they are still seen as Outsiders despite living in her now for generations his grandfather came here in the 50s as a construction worker and helped build here now his father grew up here her heart was born here he graduated and went to a German school that's the only thing that differentiated him from the Germans is how he looked if now we are just reduced to the way we look that has nothing to do with democracy across town"
- **Watch at 4:32**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3NIs9J9ngc&t=272s)

### Example 7
> "no possibility of parole for mizanskey and his only chance is clemency from the democratic Missouri governor jay Nixon such a move would be very rare but the former construction worker has not given up hope just yet partly because of what's going in other states regarding the legalization of cannabis that I got a loving family that helps a lot"
- **Watch at 8:36**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYZ8WXmeycc&t=516s)

### Example 8
> "sentenced to day release jail terms at first the judges say oh here comes another social worker I've heard it all before therefore it's important that a senior construction worker explain that the suspect is a traine and is actually doing well and I already have him scheduled to work at a building site usually the judge will show leniency and hand down probation as a sentence the young trainees are in involved in every part of the"
- **Watch at 20:39**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_NcUOpDrvU&t=1239s)

### Example 9
> "It is not only construction workers from Bangladesh, it is all the workers. There are millions of migrant workers who suffer from this problem. A construction worker from Bangladesh, on an average, pays about 4,000 dollars in recruitment fees for a job that gives him only 2,000 dollars per year in income. That means that for the two years or three years of his life, he is basically sending money to pay for the recruitment fees."
- **Watch at 13:13**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj8eFu72_fc&t=793s)

### Example 10
*Accent: AUS*
> "a construction worker is six times more likely to die from suicide than a workplace accident"
- **Watch at 13:05**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHfW3jZ4fr4&t=785s)


## How to Pronounce "construction worker"

- **Syllables**: con · struc · ti · on · wor · ker
- **IPA**: `/kɒnstrʌktɪɒnwɒrkɛr/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[construction](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/construction), [worker](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/worker)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “construction worker”?
“construction worker” is pronounced /kɒnstrʌktɪɒnwɒrkɛr/ (con · struc · ti · on · wor · ker). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “construction worker”?
“construction worker” has 6 syllables: con · struc · ti · on · wor · ker.

### How can I hear “construction worker” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “construction worker” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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