How To Pronounce Tease
tease
UK
Phonemic
/tiːz/
Phonetic
[tʰiːz]
US
Phonemic
/tiːz/
In British English, tease is pronounced /tiːz/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [tʰiːz]. In American English, it is pronounced /tiːz/.
Tease 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
tiːz
Tease has one syllable in British English.
tease + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.
UK
/ˈtiː.zɪz/
US
/ˈtiː.zɪz/
tease + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /d/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/tiːzd/
US
/tiːzd/
tease + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈtiː.zɪŋ/
US
/ˈtiː.zɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Tease
Questions About Tease
How do you pronounce tease in British English?
In British English, tease is pronounced /tiːz/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [tʰiːz].
How do you pronounce tease in American English?
In American English, tease is pronounced /tiːz/.
Do British and American English pronounce tease the same way?
Yes. Both are /tiːz/.
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