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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

weird words... codomain, conjugate, etc.

Hi,
I don't know how to pronounce CODOMAIN, basically because it is not in any dictionary with transcriptions. Where is the stress?
And by the way, the adjective or noun "CONJUGATE", as in "complex conjugate", is it "con-juh-guh-t" or "con-juh-gate"?

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}. So "coe/-/doe-main" with an emphasis on "coe". "con-juh-gate".

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  • So "coe/-/doe-main" with an emphasis on "coe".
  • "con-juh-gate".
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It is in fact "co-domain" {Ah, those missing hyphens!}. So "coe/-/doe-main" with an emphasis on "coe".

"con-juh-gate".
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As an adjective or noun, all three pronunciations /UkZn.®c.gIt/, /UkZn.®c.geIt/ and /UkZn.®c.gct/ are acceptable. The 2nd schwa could also be uttered with full vowel quality of // or /u/ as indicated by you. As a verb, only /- geIt/ is acceptable.
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KON juggit No Gate. That's for the verb form.

CJ

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Thanks.

I'm afraid I didn't understand how to pronounce "codomain" though. Is the main stress on the first syllable? --> Coh-doh-main

Also, there are a lot of words I have trouble with... And that happens every time I come across a word that can be pronunced in many different ways. For example "Pythagorean theorem": M-W says the stress is on Pythagore
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It is two words = co + domain
co- [prefix] together; with {{co-defendant is another example}}

I hear Pythagorean with two stresses, one on "tha", the other on "re"

obtuse - There is a slight difference between BE and AmE pronunciation of this. BE has ob'tyuss; AmE is more like ahb'toos

Pronunciation is not an exact science
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I see, thanks. I usually use Merriam-Webster online for pronunciation, but often I find some other alternative or possible pronunciations, so I never know what to choose (for words I never heard or that I'm not likely to hear, like "Pythagorean", etc.)

By the way, it's really "codomain" (no hyphen). I don't know what you are referring to, but I'm talking about the codomain of a mathemati
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By the way, it's really "codomain" (no hyphen). I don't know what you are referring to, but I'm talking about the codomain of a mathematical function, and that's one word.
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Ah, I didn't know that. Well, in every modern book it's without hyphen, that's why I wrote "codomain"... Emotion: smile
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Both co and main are stressed. CO do MAIN. A bit more stress on CO.
It's the same as the pattern in

It's MY do MAIN.
It's JOE'S do MAIN.
It's HIS do MAIN.

py THAG o RE an has a little more stress on RE than on THAG, but both of those syllables are stressed.

ubb TOOCE / ahb TOOCE It doesn't matter.
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Thanks...
CalifJim
Typically the dictionaries put the more common pronunciation first. Maybe that will help you to choose.


Yeah, but Merriam-Webster says that the order is not relevant... And you know, should I trust dictionaries? Merriam-Webster? I am supposed to have sued them several times, remember?
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