How to pronounce Purcell?

'PURSE'-ull
ull - rhymes with 'full'

Last Name

Irish, English

The surname Purcell is derived from the Norman-French word porcel, which in turn comes from the Latin word porcus, which means pig of piglet.

Phonetically written /ˈpɜːrsəl/ and is spoken the way the last name of the 17th century composer Henry Purcell should be pronounced.

Purcell is pronounced as

p er s EH l

p	sounds like the		'p'	in 'pet'
er	sounds like the		'ur'	in 'hurt'
s	sounds like the		's'	in 'so'
eh	sounds like the		'e'	in 'pet'
l	sounds like the		'l'	in 'let'

Purcell is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ p er s EH l ]

p	er	s	EH	l
pet	hurt	so	pet	let

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