how to pronounce mississippi

/ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpiː/

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the above transcription of mississippi 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.

mississippi is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… separated by the Mississippi River it is …”

meanings of mississippi

name:

A major river in the United States that flows from north-central Minnesota into the Gulf of Mexico.
A river in Canada that flows from eastern Ontario into the Ottawa River.
A state of the United States.

interjection:

Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length.

noun:

A recitation of “Mississippi" (interjection).

mississippi frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word mississippi occurs in english on average 8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.