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