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Try LingUp Now!Start with 'cos', like 'cause'. Open your mouth wide for the 'ah' sound.
Move to 'mo', pronounce it as 'muh' with a schwa sound.
Say 'pol', stress should be on 'pol', like 'pawl'.
Add a soft 'i' for 'i', like in 'sit'.
End with 'tan', pronounce 'tan' with a schwa sound at the end.
cos-mo-po-lee-tan
cos-mo-pol-i-tun
cos-mah-pol-i-tan
Start with 'cos', like 'coz'. The vowel is shorter than in AmE.
Proceed with 'mo', pronounce it as 'muh' with a schwa sound.
Say 'pol', stress should be on 'pol', like 'pol' in 'poll'.
Add a soft 'i' for 'i', similar to the British 'i' in 'fit'.
Finish with 'tan', using a schwa sound at the end.
cos-mo-po-lee-tan
cos-mo-pol-i-tun
cos-muh-pol-i-tan
The stress is on the third syllable, 'pol'.
No, it's longer in AmE and shorter in BrE.
To give it a natural and unstressed ending sound.
A place or person showing international influence or diversity.
/ˌkɑːz.məˈpɑː.lɪ.tən.ɪz.əm/
The quality of being cosmopolitan.
/ˈkɒz.moʊ/
Short for cosmopolitan.
/ˈpɒlɪtən/
Relating to a city or urban area.
Cosmopolitanism has one more syllable and a longer ending.
Cosmo is much shorter with stress on the first syllable.
Politan stresses the first syllable, unlike cosmopolitan.
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