---
title: "How to pronounce \"floodwall\" in English | SayItVid"
description: "Learn how to say \"floodwall\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid."
image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/VmqZvlj07-w/hqdefault.jpg"
url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/floodwall"
---


# How to pronounce "floodwall" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/flʌːdwæll/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **flood·wall**
- **Parts of Speech**: noun
- **NOUN**: A man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood
  - *Example*: "The New Orleans levees and floodwalls were built to withstand a hypothetical storm […]."

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (3 Video Clips)

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

### Example 1
> "As the storm hit, the weather was rough, but there was a hope that—at least in New Orleans— the worst of it had been avoided. But then the levees around the city—and elsewhere across the Gulf region— began to fail and massive flooding began. Over 50 levees and floodwalls were breached, and there was more than $100 billion dollars in damage."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 3:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmqZvlj07-w&t=201s)

### Example 2
> "engineering, a failure that had fatal consequences for thousands, and impacted the lives of millions. A June 2007 report by the American Society of Civil Engineers indicated that two-thirds of the flooding was caused by the multiple failures of the city's floodwalls. Let's learn a little bit more about levees - and how racism can turn an engineering issue into something more sinister - in the Thought Bubble."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 4:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmqZvlj07-w&t=240s)

### Example 3
> "Like it’s generally understood that wealth, education, a high degree of social organization, and advanced technology reduce vulnerability. As New Orleans rebuilt, a lot of energy and money was focused on strengthening levees, floodwalls, floodgates and pumping stations to reduce vulnerability to future hurricanes. But as geographers we want to know if that’s true everywhere."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 5:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FBq5lE1Kz0&t=328s)


## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "floodwall" correctly?
"floodwall" is pronounced `/flʌːdwæll/`. Syllable breakdown: **flood·wall**.

### What does "floodwall" mean in context?
A man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood

```json
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@graph": [
    {
      "@type": "WebPage",
      "@id": "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/floodwall#webpage",
      "url": "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/floodwall",
      "name": "How to pronounce \"floodwall\" in English | SayItVid",
      "description": "Learn how to say \"floodwall\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid.",
      "inLanguage": "en-US"
    },
    {
      "@type": "DefinedTerm",
      "@id": "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/floodwall#definedterm",
      "name": "floodwall",
      "description": "A man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood",
      "inDefinedTermSet": "https://sayitvid.com/browse"
    },
    {
      "@type": "VideoObject",
      "@id": "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/floodwall#video-VmqZvlj07-w",
      "name": "How to pronounce \"floodwall\" in English",
      "description": "Watch a native speaker pronounce \"floodwall\": \"had been avoided. But then the levees around the city—and elsewhere across the Gulf region— began to fail and massive flooding began. Over 50 levees and floodwalls were breached,\"",
      "thumbnailUrl": [
        "https://img.youtube.com/vi/VmqZvlj07-w/maxresdefault.jpg",
        "https://img.youtube.com/vi/VmqZvlj07-w/hqdefault.jpg"
      ],
      "contentUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmqZvlj07-w&t=203s",
      "embedUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/VmqZvlj07-w?start=203"
    }
  ]
}
```