--- title: "How to pronounce \"mansplain\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"mansplain\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/BBHnLH98bNg/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/mansplain" --- # How to pronounce "mansplain" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/ˈmænˌspleɪn/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **man·splain** - **Stress**: **MAN** — say this syllable louder and longer - **Native Audio**: [Listen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/En-au-mansplain.ogg/En-au-mansplain.ogg.mp3) ## Meaning & Usage ### VERB - To explain (something) condescendingly (to a female listener), especially to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that she has an inferior understanding of it merely because she is female. - *Example*: "But what's getting all of the attention in the bill is the part where legislators have banded together to mansplain the various shadings of the crime of "rape" to America." ### Example Sentences - "But what's getting all of the attention in the bill is the part where legislators have banded together to mansplain the various shadings of the crime of "rape" to America." - "mansplainer he was an expert in everything including the thing I have" - "And this mansplaining ego energy is not hard to find comparisons around the world right now." ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "mansplain" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "and the very first person I met on the train I quickly dubbed the Canadian mansplainer he was an expert in everything including the thing I have two degrees in and like we it was maybe a 40-minute train ride and by the end I" - **Watch at 27:14**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBHnLH98bNg&t=1634s) ### Example 2 > "And this mansplaining ego energy is not hard to find comparisons around the world right now." - **Watch at 37:10**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cedarz9bEoA&t=2230s) ### Example 3 > "That's the mansplaining. That's the gaslighting." - **Watch at 29:14**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Wz3HAm1kA&t=1754s) ### Example 4 > "See Michael doesn't only make funny things, he also explains them for you. - It wasn't funny-- - Mansplains them. - It wasn't funny at all." - **Watch at 14:21**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUkXluf3OYA&t=861s) ### Example 5 > "AIS is the frequency of use and sexism has been going up misogyny has been going up sexist patriarchy mansplaining toxic masculinity male privilege all these terms have been going up very intensely in the past in in the in the" - **Watch at 392:55**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeH7qKZr0WI&t=23575s) ### Example 6 > "Angela, I am sorry I did that. Over time the chancellor has learned that her best defense against mansplaining and sexism is to combat them with humor. For example, at the G20 summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. US President Donald Trump once refused to shake her hand." - **Watch at 4:34**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SepuaA8XQ0&t=274s) ### Example 7 > "Pull that back. What I do want is to get men talking about this. So call this “mansplaining to men.” Thank you for that, because I don't get a lot of men inviting me to the bar when I have these conversations, so thank you." - **Watch at 4:40**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coAopEn8Fn4&t=280s) ### Example 8 *Accent: US* > "I try not to even mansplain about it." - **Watch at 76:34**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3h5_JlnYy8&t=4594s) ### Example 9 > "That would be like the ultimate mansplaining." - **Watch at 5:28**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Wz3HAm1kA&t=328s) ### Example 10 > "We also have this very mansplaining letter that we quote in the book from him, where he starts to worry, roughly 1978, that white men aren't" - **Watch at 33:45**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KZe6SXmP7Q&t=2025s) ## How to Pronounce "mansplain" - **Syllables**: man · splain - **Stress**: MAN — say this syllable louder and longer - **IPA**: `/ˈmænˌspleɪn/` - **Listen for**: the stressed /MAN/ in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Words ### Word Forms [mansplains](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/mansplains), [mansplained](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/mansplained), [mansplaining](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/mansplaining), [mansplainer](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/mansplainer) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “mansplain”? “mansplain” is pronounced /ˈmænˌspleɪn/ (man · splain). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “mansplain”? “mansplain” has 2 syllables: man · splain. ### Where is the stress in “mansplain”? The primary stress in “mansplain” is on “MAN”. Listen for that stressed syllable in the clips above. ### What does “mansplain” mean? To explain (something) condescendingly (to a female listener), especially to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that she has an inferior understanding of it merely because she is female. ### How can I hear “mansplain” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “mansplain” with synchronized subtitles. 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