How to Pronounce "accompli"

word

ˌɑˈkɑmpɫi/, /əˈkɑmpɫi

uh-KOM-plee

əˈkɒmpli

uh-KOM-plee

Definition

The word 'accompli' is rarely used in English by itself and usually appears in the phrase 'fait accompli', meaning something that has already been done and cannot be changed.

IPA Transcription

American English

ˌɑˈkɑmpɫi/, /əˈkɑmpɫi

British English

əˈkɒmpli

Simplified Pronunciation

uh-KOM-plee

Listen in Context

The result was a fait accompli, so we just accepted it.

She treated the agreement as a fait accompli.

The decision became a fait accompli overnight.

By the time we arrived, it was already a fait accompli.