English pronunciation
How to pronounce “perpendicular”
Phonetic spelling
pur-puhn-DIK-yuh-luhr
IPA /ˌpɝpənˈdɪkjəɫɝ/
Syllable stress
pur·puhn·DIK·yuh·luhr
Stress falls on the highlighted syllable.
Hear it in a sentence
The wall must be perfectly perpendicular to the floor.
In geometry class, we learned how to draw a line perpendicular to another.