"Individual" is not spelled the way it sounds. Its pronunciation is /ˌɪndəˈvɪdʒəwəɫ/ in IPA and it has 5 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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/ˌɪndəˈvɪdʒəwəɫ/
🇺🇸 IPA (US)
/ˌɪndɪvˈɪdʒuːəl/
🇬🇧 IPA (UK)
"individual" has 5 syllables: individual.
noun
“He is an unusual individual.”
adjective
“As we can't print them all together, the individual pages will have to be printed one by one.”
“individual personal pension; individual cream cakes”
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"Individual" is not spelled the way it sounds. Its pronunciation is /ˌɪndəˈvɪdʒəwəɫ/ in IPA and it has 5 syllables. Tap play below to hear it in four English accents — the audio is the reliable guide for a word like this.
"Individual" has 5 syllables.
The IPA transcription of "individual" is /ˌɪndəˈvɪdʒəwəɫ/.
Individual: A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
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