How to pronounce campanile
American English pronunciation
kam-puh-NEE-lee
- IPA
- /ˌkæmpəˈnili/
- Syllables
- kam · puh · NEE · lee (4 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
- Also said
- kam-puh-NEE-lay
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What campanile means
A bell tower, often standing apart from its building
In a sentence: The bells in the campanile rang out over the town square at noon.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from Italian, from the Italian word for a bell.
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