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Try LingUp Now!Start with 'suh', with a light 's' sound.
Move to 'fist', emphasizing the 'i' as in 'sit'.
Continue with 'i', pronounced as a short 'i'.
End with 'cated', with a slight pause before 'ted'.
so-fis-ti-cat-ed
so-fist-i-cate-ed
so-phis-tic-ated
Start with 'suh', with a light 's' sound.
Move to 'fist', emphasizing the 'i' as in 'kit'.
Continue with 'i', pronounced as a short 'i'.
End with 'cated', maintaining a smooth flow.
same as American
The stress is placed on the second syllable 'fist', which is common in multi-syllable words.
No, it is softer and smoother, more like 'kated'.
No, the 't' should be pronounced in both accents.
Complex and attractive, showing elegance.
/səˌfɪstɪˈkeɪʃən/
The quality of being sophisticated
/səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪt/
A person who is sophisticated
/ˌʌnsəˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd/
Lacking sophistication
Sophistication has an extra syllable 'tion'.
Sophisticate ends with a silent 'e'.
Unsophisticated starts with a prefix 'un-' adding another syllable.
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