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# How to pronounce "handegg" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/ˈhændɛɡ/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **han·degg**
- **Stress**: **HAN** — say this syllable louder and longer
- **Native Audio**: [Listen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/En-au-handegg.ogg/En-au-handegg.ogg.mp3)

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- Any of the sports that are called football but are played mainly with the hands and with a prolate spheroid ball; that is, American football and (less often) Canadian, Australian and rugby football (including league and union varieties).
  - *Example*: "Football is certainly a misnomer, for the game is played not with the feet but with the hands, and the ball is not a ball but an egg. I propose that the game be played with the feet and with a ball, or else that it be called “hand-egg”."
- The ball used to play such a game.

### Example Sentences
- "Football is certainly a misnomer, for the game is played not with the feet but with the hands, and the ball is not a ball but an egg. I propose that the game be played with the feet and with a ball, or else that it be called “hand-egg”."

## Video Examples

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## How to Pronounce "handegg"

- **Syllables**: han · degg
- **Stress**: HAN — say this syllable louder and longer
- **IPA**: `/ˈhændɛɡ/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed /HAN/ in the pronunciation — notice how the vowel sound is clearly emphasized.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “handegg”?
“handegg” is pronounced /ˈhændɛɡ/ (han · degg). Listen to the audio pronunciation above to hear it spoken clearly.

### How many syllables are in “handegg”?
“handegg” has 2 syllables: han · degg.

### Where is the stress in “handegg”?
The primary stress in “handegg” is on “HAN”.

### What does “handegg” mean?
Any of the sports that are called football but are played mainly with the hands and with a prolate spheroid ball; that is, American football and (less often) Canadian, Australian and rugby football (including league and union varieties).


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