How to pronounce "tarsiers" in English
tar·siers
Hear native speakers say tarsiers in context across real video clips
Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “tarsiers”
Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence
Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution
tar
Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.
siers
Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.
Keep the vowel length balanced, placing subtle emphasis on the root morpheme according to standard conversational rhythm.
Common Pronunciation Traps & Learner Mistakes
The Trap: Avoid pronouncing every vowel with full acoustic weight. Non-native speakers often over-enunciate unstressed vowels.
How Native Speakers Say It: Only give full vowel clarity to the primary stressed syllable. Relax all unstressed vowels into a neutral, low-energy schwa (⁄ə⁄).
Connected Speech & Natural Conversational Flow
When "tarsiers" is followed by a word starting with a vowel, glide the final consonant into the opening vowel (e.g. "tarsiers is" sounds like "tarsiers-iz").
In natural sentences, avoid over-stressing "tarsiers" unless it conveys the core contrast or focal point of your message.
Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context
“While tarsiers scan the nocturnal scene with their enormous peepers, cats use gleaming eyes to do the same.”— TED-EdWatch clip
“You have your prosimians, these are your bush babies, your tarsiers, your lorisoids, your lemurs.”— WIREDWatch clip
“So scientists were surprised to discover that tarsiers use it all the time.”— SciShowWatch clip
“Primates emerge from jungles, as tarsiers first,”— TEDWatch clip
“Or tiny, like the haplorhine clade of monkeys, tarsiers, and apes.”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“Humans and chimps are both members of the large primate group, which includes our distant cousins like lemurs and tarsiers, and also some not-so-quite-distant ones like gorillas and orangutans.”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
Practice Speaking “tarsiers”
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While tarsiers scan the nocturnal scene with their enormous peepers, cats use gleaming eyes to do the same.
Hear it in context: “tarsiers”
14 clipsThe English word “tarsiers”. Phonologically, it consists of 2 syllables (tar · siers). Grammatically, “tarsiers” functions as a noun. SayItVid indexes 14 authentic English video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “tarsiers” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from TED-Ed, WIRED, SciShow.
Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)
- 🇺🇸 USTED-EdClip #1 · @2:00
“allowing for more light to be focused on the receptors. While tarsiers scan the nocturnal scene with their enormous peepers, cats use gleaming eyes to do the same. cats use gleaming eyes to do the same.”
- 🇺🇸 USWIREDClip #2 · @2:01
“and currently there are three main categories. You have your prosimians, these are your bush babies, your tarsiers, your lorisoids, your lemurs. your tarsiers, your lorisoids, your lemurs.”
- 🇺🇸 USSciShowClip #3 · @1:48
“Ultrasound is pretty rare in the animal kingdom besides animals like bats who use it for echolocation. So scientists were surprised to discover that tarsiers use it all the time. They'd observed these tiny primates opening their mouths, kind of like they were shouting”
- 🇺🇸 USTEDClip #4 · @13:27
“a horse runs in Asia; and a wolf evolves stilt legs in Brazil. Primates emerge from jungles, as tarsiers first, becoming lemurs not much later.”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #5 · @10:49
“Clades can be very large -- like the clade that includes all animals, called metazoa. Or tiny, like the haplorhine clade of monkeys, tarsiers, and apes. And we can have clades within clades within clades.”
Definition & Meaning: “tarsiers”
- An insectivorous primate of the family Tarsiidae, having very large eyes and long feet, native mainly to several islands of Southeast Asia.
Example Sentences (2)
- “While tarsiers scan the nocturnal scene with their enormous peepers, cats use gleaming eyes to do the same.”
- “You have your prosimians, these are your bush babies, your tarsiers, your lorisoids, your lemurs.”
Common Phrases & Collocations
Pronounce: “tarsiers”
- Syllables:
- tar · siers
- Hear it in context
- tarsiers
Words that Sound Identical (Homophones)
Unique Sound"tarsiers" has no true homophones in standard English — there are no other words with identical pronunciation. Unlike sound-alike pairs like there / their or peace / piece, "tarsiers" has a completely distinct phonetic identity.
Frequently asked questions about tarsiers
How many syllables are in “tarsiers”?
“tarsiers” has 2 syllables: tar · siers.
What does “tarsiers” mean?
An insectivorous primate of the family Tarsiidae, having very large eyes and long feet, native mainly to several islands of Southeast Asia.
How can I hear “tarsiers” used in real sentences?
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What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “tarsiers”?
Avoid pronouncing every vowel with full acoustic weight. Non-native speakers often over-enunciate unstressed vowels. Only give full vowel clarity to the primary stressed syllable. Relax all unstressed vowels into a neutral, low-energy schwa (⁄ə⁄).