maternal
ma-TER-nal
maternal in Ingglish
IPA /məˈtɝnəl/ · 3 syllables
How “maternal” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | maternal |
|---|---|
| Ingglish | maternal |
“maternal” sound by sound
| Ingglish | m | a | t | er | n | a | l |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /m/ | /ə/ | /t/ | /ɝ/ | /n/ | /ə/ | /l/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 8 letters: 3 vowels /ə/, /ɝ/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /m/, /t/, /n/, /l/
- Syllables
- 3 — ma · TER · nal, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.5 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #13,943 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɝnəl/
Words that rhyme with “maternal” (/ɝnəl/)
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“maternal” — questions & answers
How do you spell “maternal”?
M-A-T-E-R-N-A-L in English; “maternal” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “maternal”?
ma-TER-nal — IPA /məˈtɝnəl/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “maternal”?
/məˈtɝnəl/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.