How to pronounce breeze in American English

IPA /briz/ Syllables 1 · breez Stress 1st syllable

BREEZ

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Americans pronounce breeze as BREEZ (/briz/). You'll hear it in sentences like "These days are easy because of the breeze" or "Do you feel the cool breeze by the tall tree?" — more examples below.

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1 syllable, 4 sounds. Explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.

b/b/

Press your lips together, add vocal cord vibration, then release.

r/r/

Curl or bunch your tongue without letting the tip touch the roof of your mouth. Brace the sides of your tongue against your upper back teeth, and round your lips slightly.

ee/i/

Pull the corners of your lips back slightly. Arch the middle-front of your tongue high toward the roof of the mouth.

z/z/

Same position as S, but add vocal cord vibration. Feel the buzz.

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"Do you feel the cool breeze by the tall tree?"

doo yoo FEEL dhuh KOOL BREEZ bahy dhuh TAHL TREE

"I love the cool breeze that comes in during autumn evenings."

ahy LUHV dhuh KOOL BREEZ dhuht kuhmz ihn DUUR·uhng AH·duhm EEV·nuhngz

"The cool breeze blew through the spruce trees."

dhuh KOOL BREEZ BLOO throo dhuh SPROOS TREEZ

"These days are easy because of the breeze."

DHEEZ DAYZ er EE·zee buh·KUHZ uhv dhuh BREEZ

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Is the American pronunciation of "breeze" different from British English?

American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "BREEZ" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.