How To Pronounce Please
please
UK
Phonemic
/pliːz/
Phonetic
[pl̥iːz]
US
Phonemic
/pliːz/
In British English, please is pronounced /pliːz/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [pl̥iːz]. In American English, it is pronounced /pliːz/.
Please 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
pliːz
Please has one syllable in British English.
please + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.
UK
/ˈpliː.zɪz/
US
/ˈpliː.zɪz/
please + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /d/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/pliːzd/
US
/pliːzd/
please + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈpliː.zɪŋ/
US
/ˈpliː.zɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Please
Questions About Please
How do you pronounce please in British English?
In British English, please is pronounced /pliːz/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [pl̥iːz].
How do you pronounce please in American English?
In American English, please is pronounced /pliːz/.
Do British and American English pronounce please the same way?
Yes. Both are /pliːz/.
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