How To Pronounce Crisis
crisis
In British English, crisis is pronounced /ˈkraɪ.sɪs/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkr̥aɪ.sɪs]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈkraɪ.sɪs/.
Crisis has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first 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
Crisis has two syllables in British English, and the main stress is on the first syllable, shown in colour above. Its stress pattern is Oo, where O is the stressed syllable.
Questions About Crisis
How do you pronounce crisis in British English?
In British English, crisis is pronounced /ˈkraɪ.sɪs/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkr̥aɪ.sɪs].
How do you pronounce crisis in American English?
In American English, crisis is pronounced /ˈkraɪ.sɪs/.
How many syllables are in crisis?
Crisis has two syllables, /kraɪ/ + /sɪs/.
Where is the stress in crisis?
The main stress is on the first syllable, /kraɪ/.
Do British and American English pronounce crisis the same way?
Yes. Both are /ˈkraɪ.sɪs/.
Other Words With The Stress Pattern Oo
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