How to pronounce tilting
Say it like TIL-ting. Tilting has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first one (TIL).
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- TIL
- ting
- Main stress
- Lighter stress
- Unstressed
Tilting pronunciation, sound by sound
Read the parts left to right, then blend them together without pausing.
- TILSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "i" in sit.
- tingKeep this part quick and light. The vowel is the "i" in sit.
American vs British pronunciation of tilting
American and British speakers say tilting in essentially the same way: /ˈtɪltɪŋ/ in the US and /ˈtɪltɪŋ/ in the UK.
British respelling: TIL-ting.
What does tilting mean?
- present participle and gerund of tilt How to pronounce tilt
- The motion of something that tilts; a tilt.
- The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.
- A charging with (or as if with) a lance, as in jousting.
- Having the property that it is the quotient of a projective module by a projective submodule, having an ext functor with itself of 0, and there being a right module as the kernel of a surjective morphism between finite direct sums of its direct summands.
Words that rhyme with tilting
Practicing rhymes is a quick way to lock in the vowel sound of tilting.
Questions about saying tilting
How do you pronounce tilting?
Say TIL-ting. The American pronunciation is /ˈtɪltɪŋ/. In British English it is /ˈtɪltɪŋ/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.
How many syllables are in tilting?
Tilting has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first one (TIL). Broken into parts: TIL · ting.
Do Americans and Brits say tilting the same way?
Almost exactly. The American form is /ˈtɪltɪŋ/ and the British form is /ˈtɪltɪŋ/, so you can use either pronunciation with any listener.