How To Pronounce Flee
flee
UK
Phonemic
/fliː/
Phonetic
[fl̥iː]
US
Phonemic
/fliː/
In British English, flee is pronounced /fliː/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [fl̥iː]. In American English, it is pronounced /fliː/.
Flee 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
fliː
Flee has one syllable in British English.
flee + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/fliːz/
US
/fliːz/
flee + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈfliː.ɪŋ/
US
/ˈfliː.ɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Flee
Questions About Flee
How do you pronounce flee in British English?
In British English, flee is pronounced /fliː/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [fl̥iː].
How do you pronounce flee in American English?
In American English, flee is pronounced /fliː/.
Do British and American English pronounce flee the same way?
Yes. Both are /fliː/.
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