celibate
SE-li-bat
selibat in Ingglish
IPA /ˈsɛlɪbət/ · 3 syllables
How “celibate” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | c | eliba | te |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | s | eliba | t |
“celibate” sound by sound
| Ingglish | s | e | l | i | b | a | t |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /s/ | /ɛ/ | /l/ | /ɪ/ | /b/ | /ə/ | /t/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 8 letters: 3 vowels /ɛ/, /ɪ/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /s/, /l/, /b/, /t/
- Syllables
- 3 — SE · li · bat, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- uncommon: 0.72 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #20,155 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɛlɪbət/
“celibate” — questions & answers
How do you spell “celibate”?
C-E-L-I-B-A-T-E in English; “selibat” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “celibate”?
SE-li-bat — IPA /ˈsɛlɪbət/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “celibate”?
/ˈsɛlɪbət/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.