How To Pronounce Free
free
UK
Phonemic
/friː/
Phonetic
[fr̥iː]
US
Phonemic
/friː/
In British English, free is pronounced /friː/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [fr̥iː]. In American English, it is pronounced /friː/.
Free 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.
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