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