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