How to Pronounce "antebellum"
word
ˌæntɪˈbɛɫəm
an-ti-BEL-um
ˌæntɪbˈɛləm
an-ti-BEL-um
Definition
Describes something from the period before a war, especially the time before the American Civil War.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˌæntɪˈbɛɫəm
British English
ˌæntɪbˈɛləm
Simplified Pronunciation
US
an-ti-BEL-um
UK
an-ti-BEL-um
Listen in Context
Many antebellum houses are museums today.
The novel is set in the antebellum South.
Historians studied the antebellum period.
That town still has an antebellum charm you can't find anywhere else.