How to pronounce price in American English
PRAHYS
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Americans pronounce price as PRAHYS (/praɪs/).
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Why it sounds different
Why "price" sounds like PRAHYS.
The "" at the end of "" flows directly into the vowel starting "" — the consonant migrates to the next word with no pause between. This is called the Consonant-to-Vowel Linking, the way sentences stop sounding like a list and start sounding like speech. It comes out as PRAHYS.
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"It was such a cheap price for this quality."
iht wuhz suhch uh CHEEP PRAHYS fer dhihs KWAH·luh·tee
"Please pay the parking permit price promptly."
PLEEZ PAY dhuh PAR·kuhng PUR·muht PRAHYS PRAHMPT·lee
"The price is high."
dhuh PRAHYS ihz HAHY
"The price is surprisingly reasonable."
dhuh PRAHYS ihz ser·PRAHY·zuhng·lee REE·zuh·nuh·buhl
"The price of gas is going up."
dhuh PRAHYS uhv GAS ihz GOH·uhng UHP
"What's the price of that amazing prize?"
WUHTS dhuh PRAHYS uhv dhat uh·MAY·zuhng PRAHYZ
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Is the American pronunciation of "price" 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 "PRAHYS" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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