How To Pronounce Rouge
rouge
UK
Phonemic
/ruːʒ/
Phonetic
[rʷuːʒ]
US
Phonemic
/ruːʒ/
In British English, rouge is pronounced /ruːʒ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [rʷuːʒ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ruːʒ/.
Rouge 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
ruːʒ
Rouge has one syllable in British English.
rouge + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.
UK
/ˈruː.ʒɪz/
US
/ˈruː.ʒɪz/
rouge + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /d/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/ruːʒd/
US
/ruːʒd/
rouge + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈruː.ʒɪŋ/
US
/ˈruː.ʒɪŋ/
Questions About Rouge
How do you pronounce rouge in British English?
In British English, rouge is pronounced /ruːʒ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [rʷuːʒ].
How do you pronounce rouge in American English?
In American English, rouge is pronounced /ruːʒ/.
Do British and American English pronounce rouge the same way?
Yes. Both are /ruːʒ/.
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