How To Pronounce Usage
usage
UK
Phonemic
/ˈjuː.sɪdʒ/
Phonetic
[ˈjʷuː.sɪdʒ]
US
Phonemic
/ˈjuː.sɪdʒ/
In British English, usage is pronounced /ˈjuː.sɪdʒ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈjʷuː.sɪdʒ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈjuː.sɪdʒ/.
Usage has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first 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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