primitive
PRI-ma-tiv
primativ in Ingglish
IPA /ˈpɹɪmətɪv/ · 3 syllables
How “primitive” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | prim | i | ti | ve |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | prim | a | ti | v |
“primitive” sound by sound
| Ingglish | p | r | i | m | a | t | i | v |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /p/ | /ɹ/ | /ɪ/ | /m/ | /ə/ | /t/ | /ɪ/ | /v/ |
- Sounds
- 8 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /ɪ/, /ə/, /ɪ/ and 5 consonants /p/, /ɹ/, /m/, /t/, /v/
- Syllables
- 3 — PRI · ma · tiv, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 5.3 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #6,672 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɪmətɪv/
“primitive” — questions & answers
How do you spell “primitive”?
P-R-I-M-I-T-I-V-E in English; “primativ” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “primitive”?
PRI-ma-tiv — IPA /ˈpɹɪmətɪv/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “primitive”?
/ˈpɹɪmətɪv/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.