TubeTalkTubeTalk Pronunciation
How to pronounce “pencil”
Hear “pencil” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for pencil
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of pencil with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Why the pencil is perfect
The sound is a really big part, I think, of the experience of using a pencil,
- Definition summary
- (now chiefly historical) A paintbrush. [from 14th c.]
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce pencil
Why the pencil is perfect
The sound is a really big part, I think, of the experience of using a pencil,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “pencil”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (now chiefly historical) A paintbrush. [from 14th c.]
- A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper. [from 16th c.]
- (optics) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point. [from 17th c.]
- (geometry) A family of geometric objects with a common property, such as the set of lines that pass through a given point in a projective plane. [from 19th c.]
- (medicine, obsolete, rare) A small medicated bougie. [19th c.]
- (gambling) Ellipsis of power of the pencil.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To write (something) using a pencil.
- (transitive) To mark with, or as if with, a pencil.
Practice Nearby Words
marker, crayon, ink, stylus, eyeliner, mine, fountain, dictionary, pen, lead, sharpeners, charcoal pencil, lead pencil, mechanical pencil, propelling pencil, colored pencil, grease pencil, writing implement, copying pencil, pensel, pencill, pensil, pensill, pencilful, hair pencil, paint brush, brush-pen, pencel, paintbrush, pencil crayon, penicil, porte-crayon, pencil stub, pen pencil, pencell, pencil pointer, marker pen, lead in one's pencil, bright, beard pencil, pick, golf pencil, pencil pouch, coloured pencil, filbert, pencil holder, pencil sharpener, carpenter's pencil, ball pen, time pencil, stub, pencil-sharpener, fudepen, pike, keelyvine pen, palette knife, number 2 pencil, ink pen, putois, ballpen, goose-pen, ballpoint, slant, penpoint, quill, ferrule, paintpot, fude-pen, eyebrow pencil, pencil heel, pencil tower, pencil topper, pentel, ballpoint pen, paint-pot, stippler, pacer, paint pot, pugillare, pencil test, feather pen, parer, shading pen, spatula, pencase, penner, ball-point pen, pistillum, poker, maulstick, pointel, kohl pencil, pencil-post bed, toothbrush, keelivine pen, felt-tip, devil's paintbrush, styptic pencil, pintle
Similar Sounds
pencil, pensil, pencel, pensile, pensel, pencils, pestle, penciled, pennel, pennell, pensa, pencilled, pennzoil, penale, penciller, hensel, benzel, wensel, benzal, penicil, pinnell, penwell, panel, penal, pineal, pannel, penpal, pannell, panal, penial, pensi, penza, penson, pinal, pownall, pansa, peniel, benzyl, pendel, bone cell, penso, pensee, pentyl, penuel, bunzl, spancel, pendule, pensum, pinel, hansel, pouncing, tensile, bessel, wenzel, bansal, hansell, benzol, bonsall, poncing, tencel, benzoyl, henzel, puzzle, pummel, puzzel, pinwheel, pizzle, passel, pinhole, posole, pancy, pinson, pin wheel, pintle, pinole, pin hole, pundle, piss hole, pinnule, painful, parcel, bustle, bissell, panza, pen pal, bussell, bissel, paml, bunnell, panful, bisel, ensile, pedicel, mensal, pearsall, pausal, pelzel, benny hill, benthal, pandal