How To Pronounce Lease
lease
UK
Phonemic
/liːs/
Phonetic
[liːs]
US
Phonemic
/liːs/
In British English, lease is pronounced /liːs/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [liːs]. In American English, it is pronounced /liːs/.
Lease 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
liːs
Lease has one syllable in British English.
lease + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.
UK
/ˈliː.sɪz/
US
/ˈliː.sɪz/
lease + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /t/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/liːst/
US
/liːst/
lease + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈliː.sɪŋ/
US
/ˈliː.sɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Lease
Questions About Lease
How do you pronounce lease in British English?
In British English, lease is pronounced /liːs/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [liːs].
How do you pronounce lease in American English?
In American English, lease is pronounced /liːs/.
Do British and American English pronounce lease the same way?
Yes. Both are /liːs/.
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