How To Pronounce Sauce
sauce
UK
Phonemic
/sɔːs/
Phonetic
[sʷɔːs]
US
Phonemic
/sɔːs/
In British English, sauce is pronounced /sɔːs/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [sʷɔːs]. In American English, it is pronounced /sɔːs/.
Sauce 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
sɔːs
Sauce has one syllable in British English.
sauce + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.
UK
/ˈsɔː.sɪz/
US
/ˈsɔː.sɪz/
Words That Rhyme With Sauce
Questions About Sauce
How do you pronounce sauce in British English?
In British English, sauce is pronounced /sɔːs/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [sʷɔːs].
How do you pronounce sauce in American English?
In American English, sauce is pronounced /sɔːs/.
Do British and American English pronounce sauce the same way?
Yes. Both are /sɔːs/.
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