how to pronounce attorney

/əˈtɜː.ni/

audio example by a male speaker

audio example by a female speaker

the above transcription of attorney 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.

attorney is pronounced in three syllables

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

1.

2.

ɜː

3. example pitch curve for pronunciation of attorney

test your pronunciation of attorney

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

video examples of attorney pronunciation

An example use of attorney in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… argue let alone the Attorney General on …”

meanings of attorney

noun:

One such who practised in the courts of the common law (cf solicitor, proctor).
An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf.
A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
A solicitor.
A title given to lawyers and notaries public, or those holders by profession who also do other jobs. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Atty.

verb:

To work as a legal attorney.
To provide with a legal attorney.

attorney frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word attorney occurs in english on average 6.9 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.

topics attorney can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that attorney can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;