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title: "How to pronounce magnanimous | Murmur"
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# How to pronounce magnanimous

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

Dictionary variant 1

`M AE0 G N AE1 N AH0 M AH0 S`

**Syllable estimate**

4 vowel nuclei

**Primary stress**

2nd vowel position

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

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 magnanimous in context

Magnanimous describes generosity or a lack of petty resentment, especially when someone has an advantage or could retaliate. Character narration should show the decision that makes the description meaningful. The voice can convey admiration while retaining any uncertainty about whether the action is sincere, strategic, or interpreted differently by others.

1. The winner was magnanimous toward the exhausted rival.
2. Her magnanimous offer allowed the project to continue without another dispute.

### A practice cue

Test magnanimous with the action that demonstrates generosity. Listen for fluent delivery through the longer adjective, then compare sincere and more reserved readings if your scene leaves the person's motives open to interpretation rather than settling them outright.

## Read the sound tokens

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

`M`sound in **me**consonant`AE`sound in **at**vowel`G`sound in **green**consonant`N`sound in **knee**consonant`AH`sound in **hut**vowel`S`sound in **sea**consonant

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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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