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# How to pronounce "delexical" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/dɛlɛksɪkæl/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **de·le·xi·cal**
- **Parts of Speech**: adjective
- **ADJECTIVE**: That has little or no meaning by itself.
  - *Example*: "The verb "take" is delexical in the phrase "take a shower"."

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (1 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "delexical" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "say, the idea of enthusiasm for um, communicating with someone, you know. Yeah, we have a lot of these weird uh delexicalized words in English that combine together to create quite meaningful things. Yeah. Um yeah, that's an interesting example actually. Uh so say that again, that sentence you did. I was trying to think how I would interpret that. Um I've been"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 35:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwOdynFdDYg&t=2153s)


## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "delexical" correctly?
"delexical" is pronounced `/dɛlɛksɪkæl/`. Syllable breakdown: **de·le·xi·cal**.

### What does "delexical" mean in context?
That has little or no meaning by itself.

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