how to pronounce millennial

/mɪˈlɛniːəl/

audio example by a male speaker

audio example by a female speaker

the above transcription of millennial is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

millennial is pronounced in four syllables

press buttons with phonetic symbols to learn how to precisely pronounce each sound of millennial

1.

2.

3.

iː

4. example pitch curve for pronunciation of millennial

test your pronunciation of millennial

press the "test" button to check how closely you can replicate the pitch of a native speaker in your pronunciation of millennial

video examples of millennial pronunciation

An example use of millennial in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… voices of the Millennial black trans …”

meanings of millennial

adjective:

Referring to the millennium, the period of one thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth.
Occurring at the end or beginning of a millennium.
Referring to the 1,000th anniversary of an event or happening.
Occurring every thousand years.
Of or relating to people born in the last two decades of the 20th century.

noun:

A demographic term for a person from the generation born from around the early 1980s to the mid 1990s or early 2000s; individuals who reached adulthood early in the 3rd millennium, C.E.

millennial frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word millennial occurs in english on average 0.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.