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