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How to pronounce prosciutto

Prosciutto is pronounced pruh-SHOO-toh, with three syllables and the stress on the second. The sci is sh, and the i is silent. American and British English say it almost the same way.

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  • 3 syllables
  • Stress on SHOO
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prosciutto

Three syllables, stress on the second

noun · Italian ham that is salted, dried and cut into thin slices

  1. pruhprə
  2. SHOOʃuː (stressed)
  3. tohtoʊ
  • US /prəˈʃuː.toʊ/pruh-SHOO-toh Recorded voice
  • UK /prəˈʃuː.təʊ/pruh-SHOO-toh Your device’s voice

IPA checked in the Cambridge Dictionary and Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries. The recording is American English.

Prosciutto, sound by sound

Each sound in the IPA, with a word you already know that has it.

US American English/prəˈʃuː.toʊ/

  1. pruh

    • /p/as in pen
    • /r/as in red
    • /ə/as in about

  2. SHOOstressed

    • /ʃ/as in shoe
    • /uː/as in too

  3. toh

    • /t/as in tea
    • /oʊ/as in go (US)

UK British English/prəˈʃuː.təʊ/

  1. pruh

    • /p/as in pen
    • /r/as in red
    • /ə/as in about

  2. SHOOstressed

    • /ʃ/as in shoe
    • /uː/as in too

  3. toh

    • /t/as in tea
    • /əʊ/as in go (UK)

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Tip. The sc is sh and the i is silent: pruh-SHOO-toh. The stress is on SHOO.

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    Common prosciutto pronunciation mistakes

    What people often say instead, and how to fix it. Say pruh-SHOO-toh.

    • Notpro-SKOO-toh

      Saying sk. Before i in Italian, sc is sh.

    • Notpro-SEE-oo-toh

      Pronouncing the i as a separate sound. The i is silent.

    • NotPRO-shoo-toh

      Stressing the first syllable. The stress is on SHOO.

    Prosciutto 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.

    • I ordered pizza with prosciutto and figs.

    • She served thin slices of prosciutto and melon.

    • The prosciutto came from a small town in Italy.

    How do you say prosciutto?

    In Italian, sci before a vowel such as u makes the sh sound, and the i is silent. So the word is pruh-SHOO-toh. The i is only there to show that sc is soft.

    Do not mix it up with bruschetta, where sch makes a k sound. Italian spelling is regular, but English learners have to learn the groups: sce and sci are sh, and sch is sk.

    The word means ham in Italian. It is related to asciutto, dry, because the ham is air-dried. The first syllable is a weak pruh, and the end is oh, as in go.

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