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# How to pronounce "obsequies" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/ˈɒbsəkwiːz/`
- **Native Audio Recording**: [Listen to Audio Clip](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f4/En-us-obsequies.ogg/En-us-obsequies.ogg.mp3)
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **ob·se·qu·ies**
- **Parts of Speech**: noun
- **NOUN**: Funeral rites.
  - *Example*: "A murmur of astonishment ran through the chapel. It was hushed instantly, for, at a sign from Lord Avonleigh, the coffin was carried into the vault; and again the voice of the priest was the only sound, breathing the last and solemn benediction of the mournful obsequies."

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (7 Video Clips)

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

### Example 1
> "deny to dance she that makes dainty she elsewhere of corns my kin there you now moans the obsequies that I for thee will keep nightly shall be to strew thy high"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 163:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4tSfkGyC74&t=9836s)

### Example 2
> "devotion as he was his obsequies were celebrated with every sign of mourning"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 342:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr2HO8nV3Ws&t=20536s)

### Example 3
> "what christen foot wanders this way tonight to cross my obsequies and true"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 164:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4tSfkGyC74&t=9849s)

### Example 4
> "else that is Laertes a very noble youth mark what ceremony else her obsequies"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 194:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_Y-tYrGBDc&t=11652s)

### Example 5
> "with an innate delicacy seemed to bestow all their thoughts on the obsequies of the stranger Maiden a signal was given by one of the"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 507:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUvqgU25cfQ&t=30472s)

### Example 6
> "The title of the book is Justa Eduardo King naufrago, Obsequies on Edward King, Lost at Sea or Drowned."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 8:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjzSBRB7RCs&t=533s)

### Example 7
> "In expectation of Sharp's death, there'd been a testy exchange about the precise form of words to be used in the service and who was to deliver the obsequies. I"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 12:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_M1r3Dbo48&t=731s)


## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "obsequies" correctly?
"obsequies" is pronounced `/ˈɒbsəkwiːz/`. Syllable breakdown: **ob·se·qu·ies**.

### What does "obsequies" mean in context?
Funeral rites.

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