How to pronounce transportation
trans·por·TA·tion
"transportation" has 4 syllables. The stress is on the third syllable: TA.
- Sounds like
- tran-sper-TAY-shuhn
- IPA (American)
- /ˌtrænspɚˈteɪʃən/
- Rhythm
- da-da-DAAA-da
Words ending in -tion put the stress right before the ending. The same rule works for many other words.