English pronunciation
How to pronounce “apostrophe”
Phonetic spelling
uh-PAH-struh-fee
IPA /əˈpɑstɹəˌfi/
Syllable stress
uh·pah·struh·fee
Stress falls on the highlighted syllable.
Hear it in a sentence
The word 'can't' has an apostrophe in place of the missing letter.
My teacher explained that an apostrophe shows possession or contraction.