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How to pronounce chrysanthemum

Check chrysanthemum pronunciation with CMUdict sound tokens and stress, then practise two original sentences and download a voiceover audition worksheet.

The dictionary sound sequence

CMUdict lists this North American English pronunciation for chrysanthemum. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

Dictionary variant 1

K R IH0 S AE1 N TH AH0 M AH0 M

Syllable estimate: 4 vowel nuclei
Primary stress: 2nd vowel position

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Syllable counts come from vowel tokens; CMUdict does not supply syllable boundaries here. Variant order follows the dictionary and does not rank correctness. This lexicon does not represent every accent or context.

Use chrysanthemum in context

Chrysanthemum names a flower that appears in garden guides, seasonal descriptions, and decorative scenes. Plant names can crowd a passage when several varieties are listed together. Narration becomes easier to follow when the script connects the name to a visible feature, planting action, or place in the arrangement.

A yellow chrysanthemum stood in a vase beside the window.
Plant the chrysanthemum where you can reach it easily for watering.

Read the sound tokens

Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of chrysanthemum. Unstressed vowels may sound reduced. These cues follow the CMU phoneme-set key (Appendix A).

Ksound in keyconsonant

Rsound in readconsonant

IHsound in itvowel

Ssound in seaconsonant

AEsound in atvowel

Nsound in kneeconsonant

THsound in thetaconsonant

AHsound in hutvowel

Msound in meconsonant

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How to pronounce chrysanthemum

Word: chrysanthemum
Dictionary variant: 1 of 1
CMUdict ARPABET: K R IH0 S AE1 N TH AH0 M AH0 M
Vowel nuclei / estimated syllables: 4
Primary stress: 2nd vowel position

ORIGINAL AUDITION SCRIPT
A yellow chrysanthemum stood in a vase beside the window.
Plant the chrysanthemum where you can reach it easily for watering.

REVIEW CHECKLIST
[ ] Read both sentences naturally; keep the source wording.
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[ ] Listen for vowel sounds, consonants, and word stress in context.
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Practice note: Audition chrysanthemum within the planting instruction or flower list, then compare it with your reference. If several plant names compete for attention, test a modestly slower list and listen for intact words without exaggerated pauses inside their names.

CMUdict is a North American English lexicon, not a recording or a complete accent guide.
Variant order is dictionary order; it is not a ranking of correctness.
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