indict
verb · to officially charge someone with a crime
- inɪn
- DITEdaɪt (stressed)
- inɪn
- DITEdaɪt (stressed)
- US /ɪnˈdaɪt/in-DITE Recorded voice
- UK /ɪnˈdaɪt/in-DITE Your device’s voice
How to pronounce indict
Indict is pronounced in-DITE, with two syllables and the stress on the second. The c is silent, so it sounds exactly like indite. American and British English say it the same way.
- 2 syllables
- Stress on DITE
- Sounds like indite
- Checked in Cambridge and Oxford
IPA checked in the Cambridge Dictionary and Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries. The recording is American English.
Indict, sound by sound
Each sound in the IPA, with a word you already know that has it.
USUK American and British English/ɪnˈdaɪt/
in
- /ɪ/as in sit
- /n/as in now
DITEstressed
- /d/as in did
- /aɪ/as in my
- /t/as in tea
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Common indict pronunciation mistakes
What people often say instead, and how to fix it. Say in-DITE.
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in-DIKTSaying the c. The word has no k sound in the middle.
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IN-diteStressing the first syllable. The stress is on DITE.
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in-DITUsing the short i. The vowel in DITE is the eye sound, as in kite.
Indict in a sentence
Hear each one, slow it down, then say it. Words change a little when they join others, so practise them in sentences too.
The jury decided to indict the mayor.
A grand jury may indict someone for fraud.
They plan to indict three men next week.
Why is the c in indict silent?
The c is not part of the sound. Indict is a homophone of indite, an old word meaning to write down. Both are said in-DITE.
The spelling is a story of two languages. The word came into Middle English from Old French enditer, so it was said with a long ee that later changed to the eye sound. Scholars then wanted the word to look more like its Latin source, dictare, and added the c to the spelling. The sound stayed French.
Think of the family: indict, indictment and indictable all say in-DITE and never the k. The c comes back in other words like dictate and verdict, where it is part of a different word.
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