There are four syllables: con-fi-den-tial
The stress is on the third syllable: con-fi-DEN-tial
'tial' is pronounced as /()l/
In phonemic script, the word is written like this: /knfden()l/
Chelsea Manning, the US soldier who leaked confidential documents to Wikileaks, is due to be released from prison.
If something is confidential, it means it is something 'secret, particularly in military and business contexts'. But how do we pronounce the word confidential?
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