how to pronounce tentacle

/ˈtɛn.tə.kəl/

audio example by a male speaker

audio example by a female speaker

the above transcription of tentacle 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.

tentacle is pronounced in three syllables

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

1.

2.

3. example pitch curve for pronunciation of tentacle

test your pronunciation of tentacle

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

video examples of tentacle pronunciation

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

“… creature clinging by one tentacle to …”

meanings of tentacle

noun:

One of the glandular hairs on the leaves of certain insectivorous plants.
An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.
An insidious reach or influence.

tentacle frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word tentacle occurs in english on average 4.2 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.

topics tentacle 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 tentacle can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;