The Word “Educated”

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Notice! — The pronunciation of any word in English (or any language at all) is not Universal. This is because there are many different dialects of The English Language — both throughout America, and also world-wide. The pronunciations that are presented on this site are based-upon a combination of both common usage, and the most neutral accent used in The International Common Tongue (which sounds very-much like “American English” but is more “International”).

Pronunciation Of The Word “Educated”

Educated – For this word: The “E” is short; the “d” is pronounced like the soft letter “g” (this is due to the placement of the letter “u” directly after it); the “u” is pronounced as a true-schwa; the “c” is hard; and for the “-ate” suffix – the “a” is a True Long “A”, and because of the addition of the “-ed” suffix — the “t” is a flap-t; and the final “e” merges with the “-ed” suffix; and for the “-ed” suffix — the “e” is silent, and the final “d” is a flap-d but is (often) stopped (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue).

– /EH-dʒə-kay-dih[d]/ – /ˈɛ.dʒə.ke.ɾə(ɪ)[ɾ]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –