However, whenever I pronounce the latter, it always sounds like "The Princess Street". This might be a bit of a stretch, but is there a way to pronounce this while avoiding confusion? I often end up clarifying it afterwards by using "Street of the Prince", but it sounds weird in my humble opinion. And doing it every time gets old.
Princes and prince's are pronounced the same, princess is pronounced differently for 2 main reasons: syllable stress and vowel sound. The second syllable of princess is stressed: prinCESS. How to pronounce PRINCESS.
How to say PRINCESS. Listen to the audio pronunciation in the Cambridge English Dictionary.. How to say princes in English? Pronunciation of princes with 24 audio pronunciations, 12 translations, 4 sentences and more for princes.
The correct pronunciation of princess is /,prin'ses/ but not /ˈprɪnsɪz/ which is actually the plural of prince. I am an accent coach and pronunciation coach. The correct pronunciation of the word "princes" places the primary stress on the first syllable.
This means that the emphasis is on the "prin" part of the word, with the "ces" being pronounced more quickly and with less emphasis. Here's the IPA representation of the pronunciations: princess: /ˈprɪnsɛs/ princes: /ˈprɪnsɪz/ The second syllable sounds different: "princes" ends in a z sound, while "princess" ends in a s sound. The vowels are also slightly different.
In US English they're both stressed on the first syllable. In UK English "princess" is sometimes stressed on the second. And what about our English learners here? Which pronunciation were you taught to use? If in America the stress of "princess" falls on the first syllable, how can you distinguish between this word and "princes" (the plural of 'prince')? Thanks for your ideas.
Princess is different. The final S is unvoiced making a "sess" sound. In prince's and princes, the final S is voiced becoming a "z" sound.
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