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# How to pronounce "mitred" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/ˈmaɪ.tɚd/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **mi·tred**
- **Stress**: **MI** — say this syllable louder and longer

## Meaning & Usage

### ADJECTIVE
- Wearing an abbot's or bishop's mitre.
  - *Example*: "Our Fathers must hide themselves rather like robbers who chuse a leader, than godly priests who elect a mitred Abbot. […] And mark me, brother! not in the proudest days of the mitred Abbey, was a Superior ever chosen, whom his office shall so much honour, as he shall be honoured, who now takes it upon him in these days of tribulation."
- Having a mitre joint.

### VERB
- simple past and past participle of mitre

### Example Sentences
- "Our Fathers must hide themselves rather like robbers who chuse a leader, than godly priests who elect a mitred Abbot. […] And mark me, brother! not in the proudest days of the mitred Abbey, was a Superior ever chosen, whom his office shall so much honour, as he shall be honoured, who now takes it upon him in these days of tribulation."
- "Two massy Keys he bore of metals twain. He shook his Mitred locks,"

### Common Phrases
- mitred locks

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

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

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "Okay, line 109: Last came, and last did go, The Pilot of the Galilean Lake. Two massy Keys he bore of metals twain. He shook his Mitred locks, and stern bespake… Now this is important to Milton."
- **Watch at 21:22**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu6mpdgmHe8&t=1282s)


## How to Pronounce "mitred"

- **Syllables**: mi · tred
- **Stress**: MI — say this syllable louder and longer
- **IPA**: `/ˈmaɪ.tɚd/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed /MI/ in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Words

### Word Forms
[mitre](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/mitre)

### Related Terms
[unmitred](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/unmitred), [unmitre](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/unmitre)


## Related Pronunciations

[miced](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/miced), [miched](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/miched)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “mitred”?
“mitred” is pronounced /ˈmaɪ.tɚd/ (mi · tred). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “mitred”?
“mitred” has 2 syllables: mi · tred.

### Where is the stress in “mitred”?
The primary stress in “mitred” is on “MI”. Listen for that stressed syllable in the clips above.

### What does “mitred” mean?
Wearing an abbot's or bishop's mitre.

### How can I hear “mitred” used in real sentences?
This page has 1 real-world video example of “mitred” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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