Alkyd is pronounced AL-kid, with emphasis on first syllable. Phonetically, it is pronounced as al-kid, where al sounds like Al in Al, and kyd sounds like kid, so al-kid. Some people pronounce it al-kyd with same sound. It is two syllables, AL-kid. The word comes from alcohol and acid, combining alc from alcohol and yd from acid. So pronunciation is AL-kid, like Al kid. Some variations pronounce it al-keed, but standard industry pronunciation is AL-kid. So if you say alkyd paint, you say AL-kid paint. It is not pronounced al-kide with long i, but al-kid with short i as in kid. So remember Al kid for pronunciation.
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