piezoelectric...how do you pronounce it?

[MrDudeMan]

seems like a stupid question, but i have an interview at a firm who largely deals with piezoelectric ceramics and ive never actually heard the word spoken. i know my stuff in this area but i dont want to sound like a tool and say it wrong...

anyway, ive always read it as pie-zo-electric, as in the word "pie", then "zo" as in zoologist, and of course electic.

an alternate way i thought it may be pronounced is pee-zo-electric, "pee" as in a toddler saying pee-pee, and the rest is the same.

any thoughts?

make fun of me at will...i fully expect and deserve it for asking this question.

got it - its "pee-eh-zo"

thanks everyone! ill let you know how the interview went in about 3 hours...so nervous

 

[DnetMHZ]

pee

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
pee

how sure are you?

 

[Jikininki]

First time I've ever seen the word...and I just pronounced it "pie-zo-electric". But what do I know..

 

[mugs]

The way it's spelled.

(pee-eh-zoe)

Dictionary.com says it's "pie-ee-zoe"

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: Jikininki
First time I've ever seen the word...and I just pronounced it "pie-zo-electric". But what do I know..

thats exactly what i did

i looked it up on dictionary.com but im not finding anything helpful. im an engineer, not an english teacher.

 

[dabuddha]

No clue but I was thinking pee-ez-o-lectric

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: mugs
The way it's spelled.

(pee-eh-zoe)

oh yeah, i forgot to include this one. this makes the most sense but is that really how it is said in the industry?

 

[Amused]

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=piezoelectrically

Click to hear it spoken.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: Amused
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=piezoelectrically

Click to hear it spoken.

:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

 

[dowxp]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan

Originally posted by: mugs
The way it's spelled.

(pee-eh-zoe)

oh yeah, i forgot to include this one. this makes the most sense but is that really how it is said in the industry?

this is correct. pee-eh-zo~

 

[dullard]

I've worked a little with building miniature piezoelectric sensors. Everyone I worked with said "pee zo".

But dictionary.com says:
(1) "pie ee zo",
or
(2) "pee ay zo".

Basically, you pronounce both vowels. And either method of pronouncing both is acceptable.

 

[FoBoT]

no pie

pee

 

[MrDudeMan]

thanks for the input everyone. im going to go with what m-w.com says and hope the guys at the interview say it the same way. or maybe i can wait for them to say it first...

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Amused
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=piezoelectrically

Click to hear it spoken.

I'm not installing quicktime just to hear that... but from the pronunciation guide it looks like "pee-ay-zo"

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan

Originally posted by: Amused
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=piezoelectrically

Click to hear it spoken.

:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

Thanks. I'm a gonna get fscked up now.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: dullard
I've worked a little with building miniature piezoelectric sensors. Everyone I worked with said "pee zo".

But dictionary.com says:
(1) "pie ee zo",
or
(2) "pee ay zo".

Basically, you pronounce both vowels. And either method of pronouncing both is acceptable.

:thumbsup:

thanks

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan

Originally posted by: Amused
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=piezoelectrically

Click to hear it spoken.

:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

Thanks. I'm a gonna get fscked up now.

:laugh:

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Amused
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=piezoelectrically

Click to hear it spoken.

I'm not installing quicktime just to hear that... but from the pronunciation guide it looks like "pee-ay-zo"

That would be correct

 

[Jikininki]

Originally posted by: dullard
I've worked a little with building miniature piezoelectric sensors. Everyone I worked with said "pee zo".

But dictionary.com says:
(1) "pie ee zo",
or
(2) "pee ay zo".

Basically, you pronounce both vowels. And either method of pronouncing both is acceptable.

#2 was my second attempted pronounciation of the word. I wish i had sound to listen to the correct pronounciation..but my work doesn't allow me sound.

 

[TheTony]

Pee-ay-zoh-electric.

 

[CaptnKirk]

Just say, "Electric Pizza' - they'l figure it out . . . eventually.

 

[mrrman]

pee zoh ....

 

[ribbon13]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Amused
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=piezoelectrically

Click to hear it spoken.

I'm not installing quicktime just to hear that... but from the pronunciation guide it looks like "pee-ay-zo"

Get with the times