--- title: "How to pronounce reservoir | Murmur" description: "Check reservoir pronunciation with CMUdict sound tokens and stress, then practise two original sentences and download a voiceover audition worksheet." canonical: "https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/reservoir" --- [Murmur](https://www.murmurtts.com/)/[Pronunciation](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation)/reservoir PRONUNCIATION / Science and learning # How to pronounce reservoir Check reservoir pronunciation with CMUdict sound tokens and stress, then practise two original sentences and download a voiceover audition worksheet. ## The dictionary sound sequence CMUdict lists these 2 North American English pronunciations for **reservoir**. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: **1** primary, **2** secondary, **0** unstressed. Dictionary variant 1 `R EH1 Z AH0 V W AA2 R` **Syllable estimate** 3 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 1st vowel position **Secondary stress** 3rd vowel position Dictionary variant 2 `R EH1 Z ER0 V W AA2 R` **Syllable estimate** 3 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 1st vowel position **Secondary stress** 3rd vowel position [Check reservoir in Merriam-Webster and listen to available dictionary audio](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reservoir). 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 reservoir in context Reservoir commonly describes a place where water is stored, and it can also describe a stored supply of another resource. Geography lessons, infrastructure reports, and metaphorical narration use different senses. Establish what is being held and why that supply matters before introducing measurements or discussing how it is managed. 1. The reservoir supplies water to several nearby towns. 2. The old notebooks became a reservoir of ideas for the next collection. ### A practice cue Compare reservoir in the geographical description and the metaphor from your project. Listen to the phrase naming the stored resource, then check whether any nearby place names or measurements need separate auditions before recording the full passage. ## Read the sound tokens Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of reservoir. 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). `R`sound in **read**consonant`EH`sound in **Ed**vowel`Z`sound in **zee**consonant`AH`sound in **hut**vowel`V`sound in **vee**consonant`W`sound in **we**consonant`AA`sound in **odd**vowel`ER`sound in **hurt**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. [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` ## Keep practising [How to pronounce asterisk](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/asterisk)[How to pronounce bourgeois](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/bourgeois)[How to pronounce chameleon](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/chameleon)[How to pronounce chrysanthemum](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/chrysanthemum) [Build a pronunciation test suite for local TTS](https://www.murmurtts.com/blog/pronunciation-test-suite-local-tts) · [Browse all word references](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation) MURMUR FOR MAC ## Check the word in a real voiceover. Murmur generates speech locally on Apple Silicon Macs. Try your audition sentences with your chosen model and voice, listen for pronunciation, and review the result before exporting. A dictionary sequence does not guarantee a model’s output. [Explore Murmur](https://www.murmurtts.com/#product)