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negative

NE-ga-tiv
negativ
/ˈnɛɡətɪv/ · 3 syllables

“negative” letter by letter

Each letter group of “negative” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishnegative
Ingglishnegativ—

How “negative” sounds out

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “negative”
Ingglishnegativ
IPA/n//ɛ//ɡ//ə//t//ɪ//v/
Sounds
7 from 8 letters — 3 vowels /ɛ/, /ə/, /ɪ/ and 4 consonants /n/, /ɡ/, /t/, /v/
Syllables
3 — NE · ga · tiv, stress on the 1st
Frequency
common — 26.3 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #2,162 of 48,804
Rhyme ending
/ɪv/

Words that rhyme with “negative” (/ɪv/)

giveliveforgivedetectivepositiveexpensiveattractivesensitiveimpressivemotive

“negative” — questions & answers

How do you spell “negative”?

N-E-G-A-T-I-V-E in English; “negativ” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “negative”?

NE-ga-tiv — IPA /ˈnɛɡətɪv/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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