To pronounce "gentleman", say GENTL-em-an — 3 syllables, IPA /ˈdʒɛn.təl.mən/. Tap play below to hear it in four English accents, or practice it syllable by syllable.
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/ˈdʒɛn.təl.mən/
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"gentleman" has 3 syllables: gentl-em-an. It rhymes with gentlemen, if that helps it stick.
noun
“Being a gentleman, Robert was entitled to shove other commoners into the gongpit but he still had to jump out of the way of the knights to avoid the same fate himself.”
Practicing rhymes trains the same ending sounds.
"Gentleman" has 3 syllables: gentl · em · an.
The IPA transcription of "gentleman" is /ˈdʒɛn.təl.mən/.
Gentleman: A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; an armiferous man ranking below a knight.
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