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How to pronounce connoisseur

Check connoisseur 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 connoisseur. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

Dictionary variant 1

K AA2 N AH0 S ER1

Syllable estimate: 3 vowel nuclei
Primary stress: 3rd vowel position
Secondary stress: 1st 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 connoisseur in context

Connoisseur describes someone with developed knowledge and judgment in a particular field, often art, food, or drink. Profiles should identify the area of expertise instead of using the word as a general badge of sophistication. Narration can sound appreciative while leaving room for curiosity and differing tastes.

A connoisseur of ceramics noticed the unusual glaze immediately.
The tasting invited both beginners and the occasional connoisseur.

Read the sound tokens

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

Ksound in keyconsonant

AAsound in oddvowel

Nsound in kneeconsonant

AHsound in hutvowel

Ssound in seaconsonant

ERsound in hurtvowel

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How to pronounce connoisseur

Word: connoisseur
Dictionary variant: 1 of 1
CMUdict ARPABET: K AA2 N AH0 S ER1
Vowel nuclei / estimated syllables: 3
Primary stress: 3rd vowel position

ORIGINAL AUDITION SCRIPT
A connoisseur of ceramics noticed the unusual glaze immediately.
The tasting invited both beginners and the occasional connoisseur.

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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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