How to pronounce homosexuality

Say it like hoh-moh-sek-shoo-AL-uh-tee. Homosexuality has seven syllables, and the main stress falls on the fifth one (AL).

Homosexuality pronunciation, sound by sound

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

1. hohGive this part a little weight. The vowel is the "o" in go.
2. mohKeep this part quick and light. The vowel is the "o" in go.
3. sekGive this part a little weight. The vowel is the "e" in bed.
4. shooKeep this part quick and light. The vowel is the "oo" in food.
5. ALSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "a" in cat.
6. uhKeep this part quick and light. The vowel is the relaxed "uh" in about.
7. teeGive this part a little weight. The vowel is the "ee" in see.

American vs British pronunciation of homosexuality

• The long o starts further forward in British English, closer to "uh-oo" than the American "oh".

British respelling: hoh-moh-sek-shuh-AL-ih-tee.

What does homosexuality mean?

Where does homosexuality come from?

From homosexual + -ity, equivalent to homo- + sexuality and after the model of German Homosexualität, coined by journalist Karl Maria Kertbeny in 1869, and French homosexualité, attested in 1891.

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