How To Pronounce Whose
whose
UK
Phonemic
/huːz/
Phonetic
[hʷuːz]
US
Phonemic
/huːz/
In British English, whose is pronounced /huːz/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [hʷuːz]. In American English, it is pronounced /huːz/.
Whose 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
huːz
Whose has one syllable in British English.
Words That Rhyme With Whose
Questions About Whose
How do you pronounce whose in British English?
In British English, whose is pronounced /huːz/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [hʷuːz].
How do you pronounce whose in American English?
In American English, whose is pronounced /huːz/.
Do British and American English pronounce whose the same way?
Yes. Both are /huːz/.
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