Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

résumé

/ˈɹɛz.ə.meɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
ré-su-mé
IPA
/ˈɹɛz.ə.meɪ/
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French résumé, past participle of résumer (“to summarize”), from Latin resūmere (“to take back”); compare resume.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: résumé, resumo

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈɹɛz.ə.meɪ/
  • British English: /ˈɹɛz.(j)ʊˌmeɪ/

Inflected Forms

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Questions

How do you pronounce résumé?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɛz.ə.meɪ/.
What does résumé mean?
Alternative spelling of resume (“a summary, especially of employment history”).
Where does résumé come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce résumé

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