Native Phrase Lab
WillowbrookWord 347 of 545 · Food and drink
How to pronounce cutlery
/ˈkʌtləri/ British English
KUT·lə·ree
3 beats (syllables). The strong beat is the first one.
✗ Many people say
cut·LE·ry
✓ Say
KUT·lə·ree
My tip
Stress the start: KUT-lə-ree. It means knives, forks and spoons.
In a sentence
Could I get some clean cutlery, please?
Now you say it
- Listen to me two or three times.
- Say it slowly, one beat at a time: KUT-lə-ree.
- Say the sentence at normal speed.
Questions
How do you pronounce cutlery?
In British English, cutlery is pronounced /ˈkʌtləri/. Say it like this: KUT-lə-ree. Stress the start: KUT-lə-ree. It means knives, forks and spoons.
How many syllables are in cutlery?
When you say it, cutlery has 3 syllables: KUT-lə-ree. The strong beat is the first one, KUT.
More words like this: food and drink
Practise these sounds
- The schwa, /ə/The small, weak sound in this word. It’s one of the 4 sounds you can practise completely free in my Sound Atlas.
- The strong beat: /ʌ/ as in “cup”Meet this sound and hear it in my Sound Atlas. Free.
- The Sound MapAll 44 sounds of British English, in my voice. Free.
- Pitch Perfect: the Word stress setHear me say it, record yourself, and see your sound under mine. A premium game.
- More gamesFive of my English games are free to play.