CONVENTIONAL - Meaning and Pronunciation

How to pronounce conventional?

This video provides examples of American English pronunciations of conventional by male and female speakers.
In addition, it explains the meaning of conventional through a dictionary definition and several visual examples.

IPA Transcription of conventional is /kənvˈɛnʃənəl/.

Definition of conventional according to Wiktionary:
conventional can be an adjective or a noun

As an adjective conventional can mean:
1. Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
2. Ordinary, commonplace.
3. Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.
4. Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.
5. Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
6. In accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid.

As a noun conventional can mean:
A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.

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