Hi,

 

I'm trying to figure out how to pronounce "ampliative." Some dictionaries to which i have access either don't have the word, have no pronunciation, or the pronunciation Am"pli*a*tive which i don't know how to interpret.

 

Pronunciations of this form are adequate:

 

AM plee uh tive

 

am PLEE uh tive

 

am plee AY tive

 

Thanks!

Personlly I'd say "am-plee-ah-tive".

Personlly I'd say "am-plee-ah-tive".

That's what I'd say too.

Personlly I'd say "am-plee-ah-tive".

i was about to say me three! then i thought of a slight minor change

 

amp-lee-ah-tive

Was just using his form of doing it, although personally I think the 'p' should come with the 'lee'.

i would go for the second one. most pple from america would probably go for the first or the last one

i would go for the second one. most pple from america would probably go for the first or the last one

Americans aren't allowed opinions on pronunciation.

hehe. aye. RP go go go....

Thanks all. So would the general consensus be a stress of the second syllable?

I think the first? Not sure.

Looks like it, yeah. Otherwise people will think you're yelling at them

Yeah, that's basically my biggest problem too: i can't figure where the stress goes. But i've noted bloodhound's response and i'm wondering if everyone would agree.

http://www.englishforums.com

 

Try it there. It's an english forum.

Thank you. I will try there.

amp-lee-ah-tive

 

stress on the first sylaball i would have though

 

[cap'n, you're not supposed to direct devoted members to other fourms!!!]

Wow, thanks 5614. I also asked them over at EnglishForums. No one has even read it yet though...

 

Thanks all again for quick and helpful responses.

No problem

 

5614: I believe he was just pointing out somewhere that he could get a second opinion from. No real harm done tbh.

Americans aren't allowed opinions on pronunciation.

We tend to put the em-PHAS-is on the wrong syl-LAB-le.