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