How to pronounce treebank
Say it like TREE-bangk. Treebank has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first one (TREE).
Click the play button next to American or British to hear how to pronounce treebank. Choose Slow to hear each sound clearly.
- TREE
- bangk
- Main stress
- Lighter stress
- Unstressed
Treebank pronunciation, sound by sound
Read the parts left to right, then blend them together without pausing.
- TREESay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "ee" in see.
- bangkKeep this part quick and light. The vowel is the "a" in cat.
American vs British pronunciation of treebank
American and British speakers say treebank in essentially the same way: /ˈtribæŋk/ in the US and /ˈtriːbæŋk/ in the UK.
British respelling: TREE-bangk.
What does treebank mean?
- A database (corpus) of sentences which are annotated with syntactic information, often in the form of a tree.
- To parse and annotate sentences according to a treebank.
Where does treebank come from?
From tree + bank, coined by British linguist Geoffrey Leech in analogy with seed bank, blood bank, etc.
Questions about saying treebank
How do you pronounce treebank?
Say TREE-bangk. The American pronunciation is /ˈtribæŋk/. In British English it is /ˈtriːbæŋk/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.
How many syllables are in treebank?
Treebank has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first one (TREE). Broken into parts: TREE · bangk.
Do Americans and Brits say treebank the same way?
Almost exactly. The American form is /ˈtribæŋk/ and the British form is /ˈtriːbæŋk/, so you can use either pronunciation with any listener.