--- title: "How to pronounce vignette | Murmur" description: "Check vignette pronunciation with CMUdict sound tokens and stress, then practise two original sentences and download a voiceover audition worksheet." canonical: "https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/vignette" --- [Murmur](https://www.murmurtts.com/)/[Pronunciation](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation)/vignette PRONUNCIATION / Creative work # 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](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vignette). 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. 1. The opening vignette follows a baker preparing the shop before dawn. 2. A gentle vignette draws attention toward the center of the photograph. ### A practice cue 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. ## 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)](https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aria/Papers/MastersThesis.pdf#page=115). `V`sound in **vee**consonant`IH`sound in **it**vowel`N`sound in **knee**consonant`Y`sound in **yield**consonant`EH`sound in **Ed**vowel`T`sound in **tea**consonant`IY`sound in **eat**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 visceral](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/visceral)[How to pronounce awry](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/awry)[How to pronounce banal](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/banal)[How to pronounce cacophony](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/cacophony) [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)