To pronounce "potato", say pot-AT-o — 3 syllables, IPA /pəˈteɪˌtoʊ/. Tap play below to hear it in four English accents, or practice it syllable by syllable.
potato
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/pəˈteɪˌtoʊ/
🇺🇸 IPA (US)
/pətˈeɪtəʊ/
🇬🇧 IPA (UK)
Break "potato" into 3 beats and lean on "AT" — that's the stressed one. It rhymes with apropos and show, if that helps it stick.
Sounds exactly like: potatoe — easy to mix up when writing.
noun
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"Potato" has 3 syllables: pot · at · o.
The IPA transcription of "potato" is /pəˈteɪˌtoʊ/.
Potato: The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant.
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