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title: "How to pronounce epitome | Murmur"
description: "Check epitome pronunciation with CMUdict sound tokens and stress, then practise two original sentences and download a voiceover audition worksheet."
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# How to pronounce epitome

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

Dictionary variant 1

`IH0 P IH1 T AH0 M IY0`

**Syllable estimate**

4 vowel nuclei

**Primary stress**

2nd vowel position

[Check epitome in Merriam-Webster and listen to available dictionary audio](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epitome).

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 epitome in context

Epitome describes a person or thing that represents a quality especially well. It works in profiles, reviews, and character descriptions, but the surrounding sentence needs to identify that quality. An expressive reading should emphasize what is being exemplified, rather than making the word itself sound grand.

1. Her carefully labeled workshop was the epitome of order.
2. The tiny restaurant became the epitome of neighborhood hospitality.

### A practice cue

Test epitome with the phrase that follows it, such as of order or of kindness. Listen for an uninterrupted connection between the example and the quality; compare a restrained reading with a more admiring one.

## Read the sound tokens

Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of epitome. 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).

`IH`sound in **it**vowel`P`sound in **pee**consonant`T`sound in **tea**consonant`AH`sound in **hut**vowel`M`sound in **me**consonant`IY`sound in **eat**vowel

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## 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.

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## 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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Commit: `74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690`

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