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How to pronounce vignette

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

Dictionary variant 1

V IH0 N Y EH1 T

Syllable estimate: 2 vowel nuclei
Primary stress: 2nd vowel position

Dictionary variant 2

V IY0 N Y EH1 T

Syllable estimate: 2 vowel nuclei
Primary stress: 2nd vowel position

Check vignette in Merriam-Webster and listen to available dictionary audio.

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 vignette in context

Vignette can describe a brief scene or sketch, and it is also used in photography for an image effect near the edges. Writing commentary and visual tutorials need to establish which sense applies. Narration should connect the term to the scene, passage, or photograph before discussing its effect on the audience.

The opening vignette follows a baker preparing the shop before dawn.
A gentle vignette draws attention toward the center of the photograph.

Read the sound tokens

Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of vignette. Unstressed vowels may sound reduced. These cues follow the CMU phoneme-set key (Appendix A).

Vsound in veeconsonant

IHsound in itvowel

Nsound in kneeconsonant

Ysound in yieldconsonant

EHsound in Edvowel

Tsound in teaconsonant

IYsound in eatvowel

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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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How to pronounce vignette

Word: vignette
Dictionary variant: 1 of 2
CMUdict ARPABET: V IH0 N Y EH1 T
Vowel nuclei / estimated syllables: 2
Primary stress: 2nd vowel position

ORIGINAL AUDITION SCRIPT
The opening vignette follows a baker preparing the shop before dawn.
A gentle vignette draws attention toward the center of the photograph.

REVIEW CHECKLIST
[ ] Read both sentences naturally; keep the source wording.
[ ] Compare the intended pronunciation with the selected dictionary variant.
[ ] Listen for vowel sounds, consonants, and word stress in context.
[ ] Check with a speaker or another dictionary when accent or meaning matters.
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Practice note: Read vignette in the story example and the photographic instruction separately if your project includes both meanings. Listen for whether the surrounding nouns establish the intended sense, and compare the full passage before settling on a voice's pronunciation of the isolated word.

CMUdict is a North American English lexicon, not a recording or a complete accent guide.
Variant order is dictionary order; it is not a ranking of correctness.
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Reference: https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/vignette

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Dictionary source

The phonemes on this page come from CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. The dictionary maintainers acknowledge that errors and omissions can remain; check another source or a speaker when the pronunciation matters.

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