How To Pronounce Death
death
UK
Phonemic
/deθ/
Phonetic
[deθ]
US
Phonemic
/deθ/
In British English, death is pronounced /deθ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [deθ]. In American English, it is pronounced /deθ/.
Death 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
deθ
Death has one syllable in British English.
death + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/deθs/
US
/deθs/
Words That Rhyme With Death
Questions About Death
How do you pronounce death in British English?
In British English, death is pronounced /deθ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [deθ].
How do you pronounce death in American English?
In American English, death is pronounced /deθ/.
Do British and American English pronounce death the same way?
Yes. Both are /deθ/.
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