--- title: "How to pronounce \"trunk like\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"trunk like\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/C0XU4RsN6q0/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/trunk-like" --- # How to pronounce "trunk like" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/trʌnklæɪk/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **trun·klike** ## Meaning & Usage ### ADJECTIVE - Resembling a trunk or proboscis - *Example*: "The monster had a long, trunklike nose." ### Example Sentences - "The monster had a long, trunklike nose." - "trunk like they were going home for dinner just like me I've been thinking about writing a children's book about this family ever since and there is no way I wo" - "around as much as trunk like an elephant with its thumping curb weight of 1.8" ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (7 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "trunk like" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "ago when I saw a family of raccoons walking down the sidewalk like they'd just gotten out of the subway they came to a tree and they sidled right up the trunk like they were going home for dinner just like me I've been thinking about writing a children's book about this family ever since and there is no way I would have noticed these Sly rascally raccoons if I had been checking my phone messages noticing things prepares our brain to see things differently and we have to" - **Watch at 1:52**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0XU4RsN6q0&t=112s) ### Example 2 > "isn't so much a problem here and being pushed from behind instead of a pull from the front gives it more of a sports car feel so this cat doesn't pussyfoot around as much as trunk like an elephant with its thumping curb weight of 1.8 tons even if the F piece make sure the kilos aren't is noticeable they're still" - **Watch at 2:05**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkkvGuNb2_g&t=125s) ### Example 3 *Accent: US* > "tusks and a trunk like a modern elephant but it also had this huge scoop shaped lower jaw with a second pair of tusk. This animal has suffered from bad" - **Watch at 6:17**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taR-BxYb-IE&t=377s) ### Example 4 > "carbon fiber is to reduce weight and then when you get in the car the carbon fiber that surrounds you is awesome especially on the steering wheel this is honestly probably my favorite steering wheel i've ever held the trunk like i said storage is an afterthought on supercars like that aventador i drove a couple weeks ago had this little front trunk which is all right but with all the electronics in the front of the nsx there is no front trunk but there is a" - **Watch at 7:24**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCvlOrK_mag&t=444s) ### Example 5 > "leather seats and a leather covered gear stick Sasha says that if you got your key in your pocket you can unlock the trunk like this the trunk has a volume of 430 L which can be expanded to 1,585 lers by putting the seats" - **Watch at 2:33**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAn2pwn66fE&t=153s) ### Example 6 > "still this model does have partial leather seats and a leather covered gear stick says that if you've got your key in your pocket you can unlock the trunk like this the trunk has a volume of 430 liters which can be expanded to 1585 leaders by putting the seats down" - **Watch at 7:47**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5ly2bccGHY&t=467s) ### Example 7 > "just in terms of exposure and detail and color what it tends to favor you get sort of a good portrait and characteristic of what a photo from the OnePlus 2 looks like not the sharpest thing in the world but pretty good exposure and color and again here's another one I took of a tree trunk like just for the sharpness and detail test so here's the one plus one then the" - **Watch at 5:11**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDiOv9148gc&t=311s) ## How to Pronounce "trunk like" - **Syllables**: trun · klike - **IPA**: `/trʌnklæɪk/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [trunk](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/trunk), [like](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/like) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “trunk like”? “trunk like” is pronounced /trʌnklæɪk/ (trun · klike). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “trunk like”? “trunk like” has 2 syllables: trun · klike. ### What does “trunk like” mean? Resembling a trunk or proboscis ### How can I hear “trunk like” used in real sentences? This page has 7 real-world video examples of “trunk like” with synchronized subtitles. 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