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