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# How to pronounce "elec" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/ɛlɛk/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **e·lec**
- **Parts of Speech**: noun
- **NOUN**: Abbreviation of election.

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

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

### Example 1
> "Farage's party are making gains in parts of the country that can build, potentially build a geographical coalition to maybe at the next general election make him prime minister. >> So, what do you think this means for Keir Starmer? And why do you think he's so unpopular? Does the work I getting the whiff of toast? Do you get the whiff of toast? I think he is, I think he's burnt. I think he's done. I think the Labour Party as a"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5MPUu9vYWc&t=30s)

### Example 2
> "Electrons have a phase, which you can think of as an arrow pointing in some direction, but you can offset this phase by any arbitrary amount"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 24:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcjdwSY2AzM&t=1495s)

### Example 3
> "Electricity being more widely available, at least in urban sectors."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 3:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJZ1Ez28C-A&t=208s)

### Example 4
> "Electrons, basketballs, people, absolutely everything has a wavelength."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 13:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJZ1Ez28C-A&t=824s)

### Example 5
> "Electrons are fired one at a time through two slits to be detected at a screen."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 15:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJZ1Ez28C-A&t=947s)

### Example 6
> "election result. >> But I also think that most people are pretty reasonable and there are pensioners who go, "Do you know what? I"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 4:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U042t7zCVC0&t=286s)

### Example 7
> "electric guitars and all that sort of stuff, but it is an influence."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FDA9Qs7Png&t=60s)

### Example 8
> "electric vehicles that lower income folks buy, as well as price caps and income limits, all of which are designed to make the EV subsidies more equitable"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 14:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRtyxvIKaQk&t=897s)

### Example 9
> "electric vehicles in the US."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 15:37](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRtyxvIKaQk&t=937s)

### Example 10
> "Elections give a government a mandate for, I don't know, four or five years, and during that period, you may be unpopular, but you're legitimate,"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 39:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv1TUJSEM2k&t=2381s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [ela](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/ela), [elan](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/elan), [elbo](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/elbo), [elbw](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/elbw), [elce](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/elce), [elcs](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/elcs), [eld](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/eld), [elded](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/elded)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "elec" correctly?
"elec" is pronounced `/ɛlɛk/`. Syllable breakdown: **e·lec**.

### What does "elec" mean in context?
Abbreviation of election.

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