"Colleague" is not spelled the way it sounds. Its pronunciation is /ˈkɑɫiɡ/ in IPA and it has 2 syllables. Tap play below to hear it in four English accents — the audio is the reliable guide for a word like this.
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/ˈkɑɫiɡ/
🇺🇸 IPA (US)
/kˈɒliːɡ/
🇬🇧 IPA (UK)
"colleague" has 2 syllables: colleague.
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“Young Fortinbras,/ Holding a weak supposal of our worth/...Colleagued with the dream of his advantage,/...hath not failed to pester us with message/ Importing the surrender of those lands/Lost by his father. - Hamlet (Act I, Scene 2)”
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"Colleague" is not spelled the way it sounds. Its pronunciation is /ˈkɑɫiɡ/ in IPA and it has 2 syllables. Tap play below to hear it in four English accents — the audio is the reliable guide for a word like this.
"Colleague" has 2 syllables.
The IPA transcription of "colleague" is /ˈkɑɫiɡ/.
Colleague: A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.
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