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

# How to pronounce mayonnaise

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

Dictionary variant 1

`M EY1 AH0 N EY2 Z`

**Syllable estimate**

3 vowel nuclei

**Primary stress**

1st vowel position

**Secondary stress**

3rd vowel position

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

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 mayonnaise in context

Mayonnaise appears in ingredient lists, sandwich descriptions, and food-preparation instructions. Narration should identify when and how it is used, particularly when several sauces or mixtures occur in the same recipe. A steady instructional pace helps the listener connect the ingredient name to the correct bowl, quantity, or action.

1. Stir the mayonnaise into the dressing after adding the lemon juice.
2. The sandwich came with a small dish of mayonnaise.

### A practice cue

Test mayonnaise with the quantity and preparation step in your recipe. Listen to the sequence of ingredients together, checking that the name remains clear and that the voice gives the listener time to connect it with the correct mixing action.

## Read the sound tokens

Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of mayonnaise. 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`EY`sound in **ate**vowel`AH`sound in **hut**vowel`N`sound in **knee**consonant`Z`sound in **zee**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.

[CMUdict README](https://github.com/cmusphinx/cmudict/blob/74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690/README) · [Included dictionary license](https://www.murmurtts.com/downloads/cmudict-license.txt)

Source version and checksum

Commit: `74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690`

Dictionary SHA-256: `81917843c7f44ce2b094ac63873c2c7a4cf802040792c455ba3ca406891c3d22`

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