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# How to pronounce "tandem repeat" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/tændɛmrɛpɪːt/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **tan·dem·re·peat**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (6 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "tandem repeat" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "Remember, there's the direct repeat and the inverted repeat. And in this tandem repeat, let's anchor the two ends and change the middle. Make every possible peptide sequence in the middle or randomly sample the vast space that might occur in changing a few, say, six or more"
- **Watch at 4:53**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xONWF0XzOI&t=293s)

### Example 2
> "the database here in the United States um and they're also used in the United Kingdom and all over the world frankly so we have one developing one huge DNA database just based on this one particular short tandem repeat system um but now we can also do what's known as y DNA testing which is just looking at U DNA from the Y chromosome and you can amplify that up with the PCR and then there's another technique called mitochondrial DNA testing mitochondrial"
- **Watch at 4:33**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPD3BhNdXFE&t=273s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "STR, or Short Tandem Repeat, sequencing decodes specific highly-variable regions of DNA called, you guessed it, short tandem repeats."
- **Watch at 10:29**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANK-DG9EkLU&t=629s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "So this is an example of the direct repeat or tandem repeat type of symmetry."
- **Watch at 4:47**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xONWF0XzOI&t=287s)

### Example 5
*Accent: US*
> "tickers your normal but we have come up with a few antigens ones this tandem repeat and this is where it gets kind of interesting if you look at dat positives"
- **Watch at 20:49**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afOR4P-HJuw&t=1249s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "Usually, forensic scientists process DNA with a method called short tandem repeat, or STR, analysis."
- **Watch at 0:35**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAFJ3WfXhOY&t=35s)


## How to Pronounce "tandem repeat"

- **Syllables**: tan · dem · re · peat
- **IPA**: `/tændɛmrɛpɪːt/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[tandem](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/tandem), [repeat](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/repeat)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “tandem repeat”?
“tandem repeat” is pronounced /tændɛmrɛpɪːt/ (tan · dem · re · peat). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “tandem repeat”?
“tandem repeat” has 4 syllables: tan · dem · re · peat.

### How can I hear “tandem repeat” used in real sentences?
This page has 6 real-world video examples of “tandem repeat” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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