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How to pronounce embedding

Say it like em-BED-ing. Embedding has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the second one (BED).

VoiceSpeed
US American/ɛmˈbɛdɪŋ/em-BED-ing
UK British/ɪmˈbɛdɪŋ/im-BED-ing
  • em
  • BED
  • ing
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Embedding pronunciation, sound by sound

Read the parts left to right, then blend them together without pausing.

  1. emKeep this part quick and light. The vowel is the "e" in bed.
  2. BEDSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "e" in bed.
  3. ingKeep this part quick and light. The vowel is the "i" in sit.

American vs British pronunciation of embedding

American and British speakers say embedding in essentially the same way: /ɛmˈbɛdɪŋ/ in the US and /ɪmˈbɛdɪŋ/ in the UK.

British respelling: im-BED-ing.

What does embedding mean?

noun
  1. The act or process by which one thing is embedded in another.
  2. A continuous map which is also a homeomorphism between its domain and its image (considered with the subspace topology induced by its codomain).
  3. An immersion which is also a topological embedding; equivalently, a diffeomorphism whose image is a submanifold of its codomain.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of embed How to pronounce embed

Where does embedding come from?

From embed + -ing.

Words that rhyme with embedding

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Questions about saying embedding

How do you pronounce embedding?

Say em-BED-ing. The American pronunciation is /ɛmˈbɛdɪŋ/. In British English it is /ɪmˈbɛdɪŋ/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in embedding?

Embedding has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the second one (BED). Broken into parts: em · BED · ing.

Do Americans and Brits say embedding the same way?

Almost exactly. The American form is /ɛmˈbɛdɪŋ/ and the British form is /ɪmˈbɛdɪŋ/, so you can use either pronunciation with any listener.

Pronunciation from CMUdict and Wiktionary; meaning and origin adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).