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How to pronounce vegetable /ˈvedʒtəbəl/

Vegetable is usually three syllables: VEJ-tuh-bul. Learn the /dʒ/ spelled with g, the reduced middle and first-syllable stress.

vegetable

Broad IPA phonetic notation · general American / British

US /ˈvejtəbəl/ · UK /ˈvedʒtəbəl/

Syllables: 3

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One reference reading per word and accent. Words such as read and wind can have other readings; this lookup does not choose by sentence meaning. Synthesized speech may use a different reading.

American results use dictionary respelling, as in ber. British results use broad IPA, as in /beə/. The sound chart and IPA lessons teach IPA separately. ˈ marks main stress and ˌ secondary stress; single-syllable words omit them.

American respelling key

a
cat
ā
day
ä
father
e
bed
ē
see
i
sit
ī
my
ō
go
ô
law
o͞o
food
o͝o
foot
oi
boy
ou
now
ə
cup, about
ər
bird, teacher
er
bear
ir
hear
CH
chip
j
jump
SH
ship
ZH
vision
TH
thin
T͟H
this
NG
sing
y
yes

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Meaning

A plant or part of a plant eaten as food.

Skip the written second e in most everyday speech. The g is /dʒ/, as in jump, and the stress falls on the first syllable. Keep the end weak: it is not “table” pronounced fully.

Your practice sequence

  1. Say VEJ, with /v/ and /dʒ/ clearly separated by a short vowel.
  2. Add tuh-bul quickly. Do not pronounce “table” at the end.
  3. Say “Eat a green vegetable”, with stress on green and VEJ.
Eat a green vegetable.

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Published 3 November 2026