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Move to the 'je' sound like in 'jeans'.
End with the 'ni-ous' where 'ous' sounds like 'uhs'.
in-gen-i-ous
in-jen-i-us
in-gin-i-oos
Start with the short 'ih' sound in 'in'.
Move to the 'je' sound like in 'jeans'.
End with the 'ni-ous' where 'ous' sounds like 'uhs'.
in-jen-i-us
in-gin-i-ous
in-gin-yus
The stress is on the second syllable: 'ge'.
The 'ous' sounds like 'uhs'.
The 'g' is soft, like in 'jeans'.
Very clever or creative.
/ˈdʒiː.ni.əs/
A very smart person
/ˌɛn.dʒɪˈnɪər/
A person who designs machines
/ɪnˈdʒiː.ni.əs.li/
In a clever way
Ingenious has a 'j' sound, while genius starts with a 'dʒiː' sound.
Ingenious has a soft 'g', while engineer has a hard 'g'.
Ingenious has the suffix '-ious', while ingeniously changes this to '-iously'.
Remember the stress is on 'ge', like 'JEAn'.
Practice the 'ih' sound to avoid adding an extra vowel at the start.
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