--- title: "How to pronounce \"delect\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"delect\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/hXYS33Qpgn4/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/delect" --- # How to pronounce "delect" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/dɛlɛkt/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **de·lect** ## Meaning & Usage ### VERB - To delight. - *Example*: "For they were gretely delected and enioyed togiders" ### Example Sentences - "For they were gretely delected and enioyed togiders" - "Delectable sausages they're not interested in mainstream fast food" - "delectable products that people want and I think they have enormous potential to" ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "delect" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "with sauerkraut on a plate or in a roll called the reor kip locals have been coming here to the old District of Regensburg for centuries to eat The Delectable sausages they're not interested in mainstream fast food chains we're all business people lunch" - **Watch at 0:16**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXYS33Qpgn4&t=16s) ### Example 2 > "um Apple's an incredibly innovative company. They make they make incredibly delectable products that people want and I think they have enormous potential to crack the television world. I mean in TV like I mean could they just end up being just the set top box? Is that I think that's possible. Yeah. And they could" - **Watch at 19:58**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qohvbkcHums&t=1198s) ### Example 3 *Accent: US* > "delectable compound a complete translation of the Mahabharat therefore into English verse is neither possible nor desirable but portions of it have" - **Watch at 360:11**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMWWeeqJKEM&t=21611s) ### Example 4 *Accent: US* > "delectably observed Catherine they are Dove's eyes angels" - **Watch at 271:33**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzbOAR7N5WU&t=16293s) ### Example 5 > "spate of cookbooks have recently appeared to meet the demand for gourmet lunches and snacks one is love your lunch box by James ramsden it recommends such delectable recipes as the three cheese toastie with spinach and chili jam or chickpeas with mango chutney the london-based chef sees a growing demand for such food I think people certainly are a lot more conscious about what they" - **Watch at 0:49**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29ttw9LRZX8&t=49s) ### Example 6 *Accent: US* > "the delectable allusions to the full range of pagan classics, and those extraordinary flights of the poet's own original" - **Watch at 48:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpF34q9h7qc&t=2898s) ### Example 7 > "The stew was pretty delectable." - **Watch at 12:01**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKcyOWcRe7k&t=721s) ### Example 8 > "desserts 85 easy delectable sweets and treats and she'll be showing us how to make her raspberry ganache fudge cake so" - **Watch at 0:24**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRna9bkcm7c&t=24s) ### Example 9 > "appeared as delectable as a couple of ripe red just apples the most frequent naked body" - **Watch at 4:22**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKUIxaLEGhc&t=262s) ### Example 10 > "bratwurst with sauerkraut on a plate or in a row called regensburg locals have been coming here to the old district of regensburg for centuries to eat the delectable sausages they're not interested in mainstream fast food chains we're all business people lunch has to go fast the food's great here i was born here you know i've only been to mcdonald's" - **Watch at 21:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuIce_4Sap0&t=1262s) ## How to Pronounce "delect" - **Syllables**: de · lect - **IPA**: `/dɛlɛkt/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Words ### Word Forms [delects](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/delects), [delected](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/delected), [delecting](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/delecting), [delectable](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/delectable), [delectation](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/delectation) ## Related Pronunciations [dealest](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/dealest) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “delect”? “delect” is pronounced /dɛlɛkt/ (de · lect). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “delect”? “delect” has 2 syllables: de · lect. ### What does “delect” mean? To delight. ### How can I hear “delect” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “delect” with synchronized subtitles. 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