How To Pronounce Cruise
cruise
UK
Phonemic
/kruːz/
Phonetic
[kr̥ʷuːz]
US
Phonemic
/kruːz/
In British English, cruise is pronounced /kruːz/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kr̥ʷuːz]. In American English, it is pronounced /kruːz/.
Cruise 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
kruːz
Cruise has one syllable in British English.
cruise + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.
UK
/ˈkruː.zɪz/
US
/ˈkruː.zɪz/
cruise + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /d/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/kruːzd/
US
/kruːzd/
cruise + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈkruː.zɪŋ/
US
/ˈkruː.zɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Cruise
Questions About Cruise
How do you pronounce cruise in British English?
In British English, cruise is pronounced /kruːz/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kr̥ʷuːz].
How do you pronounce cruise in American English?
In American English, cruise is pronounced /kruːz/.
Do British and American English pronounce cruise the same way?
Yes. Both are /kruːz/.
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