How To Pronounce Cheese
cheese
UK
Phonemic
/tʃiːz/
Phonetic
[tʃiːz]
US
Phonemic
/tʃiːz/
In British English, cheese is pronounced /tʃiːz/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [tʃiːz]. In American English, it is pronounced /tʃiːz/.
Cheese 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
tʃiːz
Cheese has one syllable in British English.
cheese + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.
UK
/ˈtʃiː.zɪz/
US
/ˈtʃiː.zɪz/
Words That Rhyme With Cheese
Questions About Cheese
How do you pronounce cheese in British English?
In British English, cheese is pronounced /tʃiːz/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [tʃiːz].
How do you pronounce cheese in American English?
In American English, cheese is pronounced /tʃiːz/.
Do British and American English pronounce cheese the same way?
Yes. Both are /tʃiːz/.
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