How To Pronounce Shade
shade
UK
Phonemic
/ʃeɪd/
Phonetic
[ʃeɪd̚]
US
Phonemic
/ʃeɪd/
In British English, shade is pronounced /ʃeɪd/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ʃeɪd̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ʃeɪd/.
Shade 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
ʃeɪd
Shade has one syllable in British English.
shade + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/ʃeɪdz/
US
/ʃeɪdz/
shade + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /ɪd/ after /t/ or /d/.
UK
/ˈʃeɪ.dɪd/
US
/ˈʃeɪ.dɪd/
shade + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈʃeɪ.dɪŋ/
US
/ˈʃeɪ.dɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Shade
Questions About Shade
How do you pronounce shade in British English?
In British English, shade is pronounced /ʃeɪd/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ʃeɪd̚].
How do you pronounce shade in American English?
In American English, shade is pronounced /ʃeɪd/.
Do British and American English pronounce shade the same way?
Yes. Both are /ʃeɪd/.
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