--- title: "How to pronounce denouement | Murmur" description: "Denouement is day-noo-MAHN in CMUdict (D EY2 N UW2 M AA1 N), with the stress on the last syllable and no final t." canonical: "https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/denouement" --- [Murmur](https://www.murmurtts.com/)/[Pronunciation](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation)/denouement Pronunciation · Creative work # How to pronounce denouement Denouement is day-noo-MAHN in CMUdict (D EY2 N UW2 M AA1 N), with the stress on the last syllable and no final t. [Buy $49](https://murmur-licenses.tarunyadav9761.workers.dev/checkout)[Download free for Apple Silicon (3-day Pro trial)](https://murmur-updates.tarunyadav9761.workers.dev/download/latest)Intel Mac? [Download here](https://murmur-updates.tarunyadav9761.workers.dev/download/intel).Not sure? Apple menu > About This Mac shows your chip. Free plan with Kokoro voices, 3,000 characters a day · 3-day Pro trial, then $49 once ## The dictionary sound sequence CMUdict lists this North American English pronunciation for **denouement**. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: **1** primary, **2** secondary, **0** unstressed. Dictionary variant 1 `D EY2 N UW2 M AA1 N` **Syllable estimate** 3 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 3rd vowel position **Secondary stress** 1st and 2nd vowel positions [Check denouement in Merriam-Webster and listen to available dictionary audio](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/denouement). 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 denouement in context Denouement is the final part of a story, where the loose ends are tied up, and it comes up in writing classes, film criticism and book clubs. The spelling looks impossible, so readers guess wildly. The word comes from the French for untying. CMUdict gives three syllables, ending in a nasal "mahn" with no t. 1. The denouement wraps up every subplot in ten minutes. 2. Critics praised the quiet denouement of the novel. ### A practice cue Split it into day, noo and MAHN. Put the weight on the last beat. Stop after the n, with no t. ## Read the sound tokens Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of denouement. Unstressed vowels may sound reduced. These cues follow the [CMU phoneme-set key (Appendix A)](https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aria/Papers/MastersThesis.pdf#page=115). `D`sound in **dee**consonant`EY`sound in **ate**vowel`N`sound in **knee**consonant`UW`sound in **two**vowel`M`sound in **me**consonant`AA`sound in **odd**vowel Take it to your next recording ## Make an audition worksheet Select a dictionary variant for your checklist. The two original sentences retain their normal spelling; this worksheet helps you review a recording rather than forcing a speech engine to use phonemes. Copying and downloading happen in your browser. No script upload or audio generation is needed. ## Dictionary source The phonemes on this page come from [CMU Pronouncing Dictionary](https://github.com/cmusphinx/cmudict/blob/74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690/cmudict.dict). The dictionary maintainers acknowledge that errors and omissions can remain; check another source or a speaker when the pronunciation matters. 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