2007-12-11 17:47:00 · 8 answers · asked by Meow Meow35 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
As others have said. It has two syllables. But your question is not unreasonable, since the vowel of the last syllable is the unaccented "schwa" sound, which is sort of swallowed and in some words completely disappears.
Dictionaries represent this sound in several ways. One standard symbol is the upside-down backwards e.
Like this: ə
(I've seen others that use a "uh" in ITALICS -- NOT the same as the sound of "huh". So if someone says it is pronounced "AU-TUM" that is not really correct.)
In the following dictionary entry you can see this vowel sound AND you can see the division into two syllables, because they add the STRESS mark after the first one (indicated it is the syllable that has the main accent).
ô'təm
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/autumn
By the way, to see the difference, the full "u" sound -- stressed-- is found in the adjective form "autumnal"
ô tum' nəl
2007-12-11 22:42:08 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-12-12 01:51:44 · answer #2 · answered by Nancy S 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to my Websters Dictionary the word autumn had two syllables au-tumn is how they break it down.
2007-12-12 01:57:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
2, clap your hands and say it, it helps a lot for syllables
2007-12-12 01:49:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
2 - au tumn
2007-12-12 01:49:57 · answer #5 · answered by lighthorse5 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hon, look it up in the dictionary.
2007-12-12 01:55:25 · answer #6 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2.. pronounced AU-TUM
2007-12-12 01:58:53 · answer #7 · answered by Van is due 5/8/08! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
two peace and God bless:-)
2007-12-12 02:09:52 · answer #8 · answered by obsvnt1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋