--- title: "How to pronounce \"posttrauma\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"posttrauma\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/2_cvFFVcJ0w/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/posttrauma" --- # How to pronounce "posttrauma" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/pɒsttrɔːmæ/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **pos·ttrau·ma** ## Meaning & Usage ### ADJECTIVE - After, or as a result of, a trauma. ### Example Sentences - "posttraumatic stress disorder uh has on combat soldiers for a long time but is it now equally important to focus on the mental of those in war zones who are not" - "posttraumatic stress disorder or PTSD." ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (9 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "posttrauma" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "solves most of the problems now uh we've known about the effect that PTSD posttraumatic stress disorder uh has on combat soldiers for a long time but is it now equally important to focus on the mental of those in war zones who are not directly involved in the fighting I think you know the big problem is that those who are fighting" - **Watch at 4:50**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_cvFFVcJ0w&t=290s) ### Example 2 *Accent: US* > "posttraumatic stress disorder or PTSD." - **Watch at 41:22**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wtl3q87Rn8&t=2482s) ### Example 3 > "Then we've invested in an interesting company around the posttraumatic stress disorder space." - **Watch at 16:07**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-vrTcLrL9k&t=967s) ### Example 4 *Accent: US* > "Were there psychological effects that we would now term posttraumatic stress syndrome?" - **Watch at 37:35**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FrYXAXpCz4&t=2255s) ### Example 5 > "We have reached out to the IDF uh specifically with the allegations that Gil the soldier here in this report has made uh be to uh with regard to the mental health support and the IDF said that they do see uh posttraumatic disorder after being uh dispatched from active duty as a quote legitimate injury" - **Watch at 7:31**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY463gQNFbM&t=451s) ### Example 6 > "He got out of the truck and fell to the ground because he believed that there was a sniper watching him. And he lay there for hours until the sun went down and then he got up and he ran into his house and he realized he had posttraumatic stress disorder. And then he started drinking and on the weekend it was not a six pack but a cooler full of beer that he was working on." - **Watch at 2:31**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM61dt2z8r0&t=151s) ### Example 7 *Accent: US* > "One of the most important papers in this area comes to us from someone I mentioned earlier, Dr. Kerry Ressler at Harvard. And the title of the paper is, Association of FKBP5 polymorphisms and childhood abuse with risk of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in adults. And there are other papers as well." - **Watch at 79:19**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31wjVhCcI5Y&t=4759s) ### Example 8 *Accent: US* > "One example which I think we've heard about already, which is that the amygdala gets bigger in people with posttraumatic stress disorder." - **Watch at 50:08**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAOnSbDSaOw&t=3008s) ### Example 9 *Accent: US* > "Interestingly, the amygdala gets bigger, as we've heard, in people with posttraumatic stress disorder." - **Watch at 94:45**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPYmarGO5jM&t=5685s) ## How to Pronounce "posttrauma" - **Syllables**: pos · ttrau · ma - **IPA**: `/pɒsttrɔːmæ/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Words ### Related Concepts [posttraumatic](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/posttraumatic) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “posttrauma”? “posttrauma” is pronounced /pɒsttrɔːmæ/ (pos · ttrau · ma). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “posttrauma”? “posttrauma” has 3 syllables: pos · ttrau · ma. ### What does “posttrauma” mean? After, or as a result of, a trauma. ### How can I hear “posttrauma” used in real sentences? This page has 9 real-world video examples of “posttrauma” with synchronized subtitles. 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