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