IPA Transcription of "surprise" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “surprise” is /sɚˈpɹaɪz/.

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Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/səˈpɹɑez/
English (United Kingdom)/səˈpɹaɪz/

Similar Pronunciations

/pɹaɪz/3

/spaɪz/2

/spɹaɪ/1

/spɹaɪt/1

/spɹeɪz/1

/sʌnɹaɪz/2

/ʌpɹaɪz/1

Derivations

  • surprised/səˈpɹaɪzd/ /səpˈɹaɪzd/ /sɚpˈɹaɪzd/ /sɚˈpɹaɪzd/
  • surprisal/sɚˈpɹaɪzəl/
  • surprising/səˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/ /səpˈɹaɪzɪŋ/ /sɚpˈɹaɪzɪŋ/ /sɚˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/
  • surprises/sɚˈpɹaɪzɪz/ /sɚpˈɹaɪzɪz/ /səˈpɹaɪzɪz/ /səpˈɹaɪzɪz/
  • countable/ˈkaʊntəbəl/

Similar Words

  • surprised
    /səˈpɹaɪzd//səpˈɹaɪzd//sɚpˈɹaɪzd//sɚˈpɹaɪzd/
  • surprises
    /sɚˈpɹaɪzɪz//sɚpˈɹaɪzɪz//səˈpɹaɪzɪz//səpˈɹaɪzɪz/

Items

  • surpriseemotional state experienced as the result of an unexpected event
  • Surprisecity in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
  • Surprise2006 studio album by Paul Simon
  • SurpriseWikimedia disambiguation page
  • Surpriseepisode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (S2 E13)
  • Surprise1991 debut studio album by Crystal Waters
  • Surprise2022 single by Chlöe
  • Surprise2015 Chinese film directed by Jiaoshou
  • Surprise
  • Surprisetype of apple; pink-fleshed apple that is the ancestor of many of the present-day pink/red-fleshed apples bred by American growers

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