My wife pronounces it three different ways, each of which she can support. I pronounce it one, but other than that it’s the way I’ve heard it I can’t support my pronunciation even after some searches. What’s yours and why?
sen-tor
As in taurus, which rhymes with torus.
This is the only way in English I’ve ever known
A bunch of Americans pronounce it sen-tar for some reason that I’ve never understood.
That’s one of my wife’s answers.
You’re very prompt.
That’s how merriam webster pronounces it! I’d pronounce it like that as well, got curious, so I googled
This is how I pronounce it in Canada
Correctly, smugly and pretentiously
Nice.
I pronounce it like sen + tar, and accent it like boxcar. Can’t think of a reason, that’s just how it looks to me.
If it’s in a Greek or ancient Latin context I pronounce it with a hard C, but if it’s a general English context I pronounce it with a soft C.
I’m not sure what the third way would be.
The third way would be a difference in how the diphthong is pronounced: “-aur” or “-ower.”
So far, the main way I haven’t seen suggested.
I guess I owe my wife an apology.
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Cent-aur.
I pronounce it “Phil”. And he would appreciate it if you would stop staring at his missing eye.
Cen-toor
sans-taure (because I’m francophone)
C’est la voie.
Ken (as the name) - ta (with a hard T and A as in catapult) - ur (with an u like in Vonnegut’s name)
tho I’m from europe speaking a weird ass language
Sen-towr
Cent-our
Sehn-tar, because I am American and that’s how I learned to say it. How am I meant to justify a common pronunciation?
sen-tar.
i could see sen-tor.
Kai-tawr, obvs
Sentår. Phonetically with Norwegian letter.
