How To Pronounce Bruise
bruise
UK
Phonemic
/bruːz/
Phonetic
[brʷuːz]
US
Phonemic
/bruːz/
In British English, bruise is pronounced /bruːz/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [brʷuːz]. In American English, it is pronounced /bruːz/.
Bruise has one syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.
Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.
Syllables, Stress And Endings
Syllables And Stress
bruːz
Bruise has one syllable in British English.
bruise + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.
UK
/ˈbruː.zɪz/
US
/ˈbruː.zɪz/
bruise + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /d/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/bruːzd/
US
/bruːzd/
bruise + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈbruː.zɪŋ/
US
/ˈbruː.zɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Bruise
Questions About Bruise
How do you pronounce bruise in British English?
In British English, bruise is pronounced /bruːz/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [brʷuːz].
How do you pronounce bruise in American English?
In American English, bruise is pronounced /bruːz/.
Do British and American English pronounce bruise the same way?
Yes. Both are /bruːz/.
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