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This page lists pronunciations of English words that end in E. The list is in retroalphabetical order, that is, alphabetically beginning with the final letter of the word (in this case E) and continuing backwards through it.
The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z. Click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title for a pronunciation key.[e]
final e is mostly silent; for words often italicised and ending in written -é, see French words in English: -e
from Latin, from Greek -αι (though in most cases AmE has only -ê) -aê
some Korean names have final -âe
*réggay réggâe
Phìlâe
nébulaê
fŏrmulaê
anténnaê
nôvaê
*Fêeby Phoêbê
scrîbe
subscrîbe
descrîbe
transcrîbe
medicine prescrîbe ≈ illegal proscrîbe
adôbê
zé- xénophobe
lôbe
-ss -ce
pêace
fâce
*préffis préface
*ménnis ménace
Ẁallis = Ẁallace
pâce
*Hórris, rhyming with Mórris and words in -óris (AmE ŏ): Hórace
*térris térrace
*récky réccê
paste grêase = country Grêece
îce
édifíce
sácrifîce
órifíce BrE; AmE ǒrifíce
àrtifíce
Álíce
accòmplíce
sürplíce
nîce
Véníce
cŏrníce
chŏice
cf. Jǒyce: rejǒice
vŏice
hóspíce
cf. up rîse -z: eat rîce
thrîce
*líckerish: AmE lícorice, BrE líquorice
Prîce = prîce
caprìce
trîce
pôultíce
sólstíce
láttíce
BrE verb práctíse = noun, AmE verb práctíce
nôtíce
devîce
crévíce
sërvíce
e.g. indepéndence = indepéndents: -nts = -nce
cf. -dence: dānce
ascéndance
véngeance
sometimes written as in French séance: sèànce
chānce
lānce
survèillance
vígilance
románce
perfŏrmance
próvenance
either syllable stressed noun = verb fînánce
gòvernance
forbéarance
híndrance
Frānce
frâgrance
enter éntrance
beguile entrānce
renâissance
recónnaíssance
cf. exístence: stānce
cf. exístence: resístance
neŵ- nûànce
advānce
-ense = -ence
derived from words ending in -ent: -ence
AmE lîcense, cf. BrE and AmE suspénse: lîcence
*ákwêeyéssənss; cf. présence, -zənss: acquiéscence
câdence
décadence
coíncidence
transcéndence
subsîdence
évidence
próvidence
correspóndence
cf. dénse: fénce
AmE defénse: BrE defénce
AmE offénse: BrE offénce
négligence
indúlgence
hénce
scîence
-shənss cónscience
åudience
sâlience
-âshence impâtience
cf. prevâil: prévalence
condôlence
vîolence
përmanence
réference
circúmference
interfêrence
adhêrence
Flórence
occúrrence
rêcúrrence
ábsence
présence
cómpetence
cf. ténse: séntence
insístence
cf. stānce: exístence
ínfluence
sêquence
cónsequence
Ínce
mint mínts ≈ meat mínce
print prínts ≈ royal prínce
sínce
wínce
wò- ònce
nónce
dúnce
òunce
bòunce
cf. spàrse: scãrce
fàrce
fìêrce
Pêarce = Pìerce = Pêirce = pìêrce
coërce
enfŏrce
-êí- reinfŏrce
divŏrce
verbs -ésce
-éss acquiésce
*côwaléss coalésce
-éss effervésce
BrE -dyoôss or -joôss, AmE doôss -dûce
redûce
indûce
verb prodûce
noun próduce
pûce
Jŏyce
wrong bád = bid báde
jâde rhymes with orangeâde
fâde
shâde
jâde
glâde
woman mâid = make mâde
serenâde
grenâde
colonnâde
lemonâde
sh-; AmE charâde, BrE charàde
parâde
cf. Wàdè: Wâde = wâde
start procêed ≈ first precêde
concêde
intercêde
supersêde
sway swâyed = material suède
Sweden Swêde = vegetable swêde
stressed in verbs, unstressed in nouns, but always pronounced -îde
hërbicide
régicide
fúngicide
hómicide
gërmicide
spërmicide
infánticide
sûicide
génocide
cŷanide
brômide
thalídomide
derîde
Â-sîde
asîde
*bêesîde B-sîde
besîde
*rizîde resîde
one word úpside
one word dòwnside
provîde
óxîde
ôde
côde
cáthode
heavy lôad = ore lôde
ánode
street rôad = ride rôde
eléctrode
Câpe Vërde
in some names -forde
íl- elûde
əl- allûde
lóngitude
látitude
áttitude
insect bêe
divorcêe
fêe
cóffee
banóffee
tóffee
-jì périgêe
-jì ápogêe
Yánkee
glêe
jubilêe
trainêe
detainêe
referêe
kédgerêe
as a suffix meaning without, -frêe should at least be hyphenated, never a separate word: cãrefrêe and commítment-frêe
degrêe
pédigree
male émigrè = female emigrèe
jamborêe
sêe
*lîcencêe licensêe
fricassêe
cf. députy: devotêe
payêe
-êe has main stress when in contrast to emplŏyer: emplŏyêe
strâfe
gáffe
lîfe
*nîfe knîfe
Tenerìfe
wîfe
normally -j: -ge
âge
mostly -íj -age
-íj cábbage
-íj bándage
*hémərij haémorrhage
*fôlìíj fôlìage
*cárríj cárriage
*márríj márriage
-ij páckage
-íj tûtelage
-àzh fûselàge
-əflàzh cámouflàge
-íj víllage
-àzh cóllàge
-íj dámage
-íj ímage
-íj pílgrimage
-íj mánage
têenâge
-àzh bádinage
pâge
rámpâge
râge
-zh Nîgel Fáràge
BrE *gáràj; *gáríj is regarded by many as uneducated; AmE *gəràzh gáràge
underâge
-íj áverage
-íj Dame Edna Éverage
person Béveridge = -íj drink béverage
-íj: AmE lév- BrE lêverage
-àzh míràge
-íj stŏrage
BrE *báràj, AmE *bəràzh bárràge
sâge
BrE *mássàj, -zh, AmE *məssàzh mássàge
-íj méssage
-àzh dréssàge
-íj ûsage
Àrmitage
móntàge -àzh
-àzh sábotàge
stâge
-íj wâstage
-íj hóstage
-ij pôstage
-íj cóttage
-gwíj lánguage
wâge rhymes with assuâge
-íj sávage
-íj sálvage
bádge
cádge
vég and Rég rhyme with édge
hédge
plédge
slédge
drédge
wédge
-íj: cóllege rhymes with knówledge
mídge
rídge
brídge
frídge
pórridge
dódge
lódge
stódge
wódge
búdge
fúdge
slúdge
núdge
drúdge
grúdge
trúdge
unstressed, -íj -ege
sácrilege
prívilege
cf. édge: allége
knówledge rhymes with cóllege
oblîge
-êezh prestìge
-íj véstíge
chânge
rânge
grânge
órange BrE, AmE ŏrange
Stonehénge
Pénge
revénge
bínge
hínge
whínge
crínge
sínge
lúnge
plúnge
lòunge
scròunge
yoúng = Yoúng = Yoúnge
grúnge
Dôge
stoôge
bàrge
làrge
mërge
emërge
Sërge
vërge
dïrge
fŏrge
ürge
scöurge
pürge
sürge
*âke âche
-ásh panáche
BrE *məstàsh, AmE *mústásh moustāche
*nêesh nìche
-kê synécdochê
cf. trôphy, átrophy: catástrophê
apóstrophê
*dhə before consonants, *dhê before vowels: thê
voiced -th (-dh): -the
lâthe
swâthe
cf. noun bréath, unvoiced th: verb brêathe
cf. noun wrêath, unvoiced th: verb wrêathe
Lêthê
cf. noun clóth: lôathe rhymes with clôthe
soôthe
one syllable: -îe
more than one syllable: -ìê
cábbie
Lóckerbie
colour dŷe = death dîe
báddie
tea cáddy = golf cáddie
kíddie
bïrdie
hard gg: Mággie
soft gg (-jj-): Réggie
boôgie
down, untrue lîe
*bely, cf. relŷ: belîe
*underly underlîe
Chàrly = Chàrlie
surname Wílley = Wílly = Wíllie
bonhomiê
Mélanie
Cónnie
Lónnie
Rónnie
pîe
chêeky cháppie
rye *rîe
Ãirdrie
Êrie
soft g: menágerie
Válerie
côterie
cálorie
éyrie
tîe
sóftie
nîghtie
sortiê
groôvy rhymes with movie
bâke
câke
Jâke
cf. bláck, Bláck: Blâke
mâke
snâke
sâke
tâke
úptake
partâke
eat steâk = hold stâke
mistâke
lîke
chîldlîke
gódlîke
wårlîke
cátlîke
pîke
chôke
brôke
broòk rhymes with Ládbroke
broòk rhymes with Bólingbroke
evôke
invôke
provôke
wôke
rebûke
dûke
sâle
cf. rêtâil: rêsâle
cf. noun, adjective fînal: noun finàlê
cf. adjective rátional: noun rationàle
Âbel, Bâbel, lâbel, Mâbel, all rhyme with âble
impertürbable
applícable
dis- despícable
an e may be retained before -able to show either the pronunciation of the preceding consonant or the long sound of the preceding vowel -eable
-nsəble pronòunceable
-ssəble enfŏrceable
-jəble mánageable
-jəble chângeable
-kəble unshâkable or unshâkeable
-kəble lîkable or lîkeable
-ləble sâlable or sâleable
gâble
lîable
relîable
verifîable
undenîable
cf. lâbel: avâilable
unwínnable
ádmirable
desîrable
sâble
respónsible is English; French is "responsable"
advîsable
indispénsable
lâbel rhymes with tâble
debâtable
insurmòuntable
əxép- accéptable
stâble
cònstable
unstâble
Dúnstable
forgívable
e.g. vîable: -îable *-ŷable
dábble
rábble
rébel rhymes with pébble
dríbble
cóbble
góbble
hóbble
nóbble
wóbble
búbble
Húbble
rúbble
stúbble
édible
tánj- tángible
fállible
térrible
hórrible
indeféncible BrE; AmE indefénsible
comprehénsible
apprehénsible
sénsible
"responsable" is French: respónsible
əxé- accéssible
colléctible
suscéptible
contémptible
irresístible
fléxible
ámble
prê- preámble
gámble
rámble
scrámble
assémble
dissémble
*rizémble resémble
*onsómble ensemble
nímble
thímble
búmble
fúmble
húmble
júmble
múmble
rúmble
crúmble
grúmble
túmble
stúmble
nôble
doúble
AmE rûble = BrE roûble
troúble
pínnacle
bàrnacle
spéctacle
téntacle
recéptacle
óbstacle
*vêícle vêhicle
véntricle
cf. idéntical: àrticle
pàrticle
tésticle
*úngkəl úncle
càrbuncle
cïrcle
cŷcle
bîcýcle
trîcýcle
Chêadle
tréadle
crâdle
áddle
páddle
stráddle
ẁaddle
tẁaddle
medallion médal = interfere méddle
bicycle pédal = sell péddle
díddle
fíddle
míddle
píddle
ríddle
gríddle
códdle
cúddle
fúddle
befúddle
húddle
múddle
púddle
nêedle
brîdle
sîdle
cándle
dándle
hándle
spíndle
noôdle
poôdle
gïrdle
cürdle
hürdle
dåwdle
*yukalâyley ukulèlê
allêle
personnél rhymes with clientéle
báffle
ráffle
kerfúffle
trúffle
rîfle
trîfle
wíggle
bóggle
tóggle
strúggle
invêigle
g sounded separately from ng: -ngle
ángle
bángle
dángle
spángle
wrángle
wángle
bürgle
bûgle
bîle
BrE -île, AmE -əl môbile
åutomobìle
trîal rhymes with fîle
BrE -île, AmE -əl frágile
Ánglophîle
whîle
after a verb awhîle = a whîle
mîle
símilê
*fáx-ímməly facsímilê
smîle
pîle
rîle
BrE -île, AmE -əl stérile
pûerile
BrE -île, AmE -əl prayers míssal = war míssile
tîle
BrE -île, AmE -əl vólatile
mërcantîle
ínfantîle
BrE -île, AmE -əl hóstile
*gîle, hard g: guîle
revîle
táckle
héckle
fréckle
níckel rhymes with píckle
tríckle
tíckle
cóckle
búckle
chúckle
ánkle
tínkle
wrínkle
wínkle
ring béll = girl bélle
nacélle
gazélle
-ssây Marsèille
food gríll = screen grílle
(also Sávile) Sáville
Sevílle
cf. monópoly: hypërbolê
fire côal = person Côle
dôle
creôle
empty hôle = all whôle
ŏriole
môle
ballot pôll = Poland Pôle = wood pôle
over, eat rôll = play rôle
Cárol = cárol = Cárole
parôle
prôle
stâple
Bàrnstaple
pêople rhymes with stêeple
partíciple
adjective, person príncipal = belief prínciple
discîple
nípple rhymes with tríple
sāmple
exāmple
dímple
símple
rúmple
crúmple
stêeple rhymes with pêople
ápple
grápple
tríple rhymes with nípple
rípple
típple
tópple
súpple rhymes with coúple
scrûple
*îl island îsle = church aîsle
vással and in AmE words in -āstle rhyme with hássle
tússle
-zle, cf. tòwel, minimal pair: tòusle
person Súttle = obvious súbtle
chŏrtle
-səl -stle
cāstle
véssel rhymes with -éstle
néstle
tréstle
wréstle
thístle
whístle
epístle
grístle
apóstle
Éntwistle
bústle
hústle
Rússell = rústle
báttle
cáttle
cf. Beatles Bêatle: Seáttle
kéttle
gold métal = courage méttle
líttle
bóttle
rebúttal is not spelt *rebúttle
scúttle
súbtle rhymes with shúttle
-ûel rhymes with -ûle
módule
mûle
rûle
cápsule
dázzle
frázzle
embézzle
fízzle
cf. drível: drízzle
sízzle
nózzle
gúzzle
púzzle
music mì = person Mêe = you mê
cf. âim: câme
gâme
lâme
Surinám = more common Surináme
sâme
frâme
tâme
extrême
dîme
*rèzhìme regìme
lîme
verse rhŷme = frost rîme
tîme
may be two words according to sense: sòmetime
rágtime
máritime
plâytime
may be two words according to sense: *énnytime anytime
two words: évery tîme
íncòme
òutcòme
dôme
hôme
gênome
Alaska Nôme = garden gnôme
wander rôam = Italy Rôme
sòme
-səm -some
troúblesome
hándsome
thrêesome
h- whôlesome
búxom *búcksome
fùlsome
wínsome
cf. hysteréctomy: epítomê
*rizyûme resûme
*rézumây, written with French accents avoids confusion with resûme: résumé
*prizyûme presûme
-syû- consûme
-syû- assûme
frost rîme = verse rhŷme
fruit lîme = England Lŷme
énzŷme
bâne
urbâne
Lísbon rhymes with Brísbane
persons Câin = Câine = stick câne
BrE -kən húrricane
Dâne
profâne
mêthane
cf. Joánne: Diáne
Jâne
Câin = câne = Kâne
Spokáne
lâne
cf. remâin: relevant germâne
Ariádnê
scêne
obscêne
gángrêne
polystŷrene
*lazányi laságnê
-ône colôgne
-îgn rhymes with -îne
mâin = Mâine
Shàr- Charmâine
person Germâine
mìgrâine
Ukrâine
türbîne
îodîne AmE; BrE îodìne
sàrdìne
*Mádlin or *Mádlən: Mádeleíne
refîne
confîne
éngíne
cf. hérôín drug = hérôíne hero: méscalíne
declîne
reclîne
bâselîne
*vássa-lêen vaselìne
Cárolîne
mîne
fámíne
exámíne
vërmín rhymes with ërmíne
detërmíne
mézzanìne
wù- wolverìne
péregríne
latrìne
signal sîgn = mathematics sîne
énsign -sîne
sërpentîne
türpentîne
intéstíne
K- Chrístìne
prístìne
équîne
vîne
ravìne
ôvîne
bôvîne
resîgn -zîne
magazìne
win wòn = number òne
cône
cf. Stône of Scone, *Scoôn: scóne
dòne
condône
góne
phône
vîbraphone
télephone
or A-: ánglophone
méllophone
Pàrlophone
xŷlophone
hómophone
mîcrophone
sáxophone
shóne
Hermîonê
alône
clône
anémonê
nòne
atône
stône
cf. Kíngston, both have o as schwa: Mâidstone
zône
ãirbŏrne
o as schwa in best Aus pronunciation: Mélbourne
Êastbŏurne
*dí-mâin demèsne
immûne
noun cómmune
verb commûne
= -ô, -ôw: -ôe
ôboe
dôe
fôe
-oô shoe
Jôe
álôe
rhyming with Zôê: *Klôwêe: Chlôê
slôw = slôe
-oô canoe
rôe
tôe
wôe
rhyming with Chlôê: Zôê
lándscape
escâpe
grâpe
grîpe
strîpe
wîpe
Penélopê
ántelôpe
or ón- énvelôpe
hŷpe
tŷpe
shãre
prepãre
héctãre
awãre
bewãre
îronwãre
sóftwãre
*âkər âcre
-kər mássacre
breathe ãir = before ére
fêar rhymes with interfêre
ear hêar = this hêre
them théir = that thére
clothes wéãr = place whére
mêre
was wëre
sevêre
female emigrèe = male emigrè
ôgre
*ôker *AmE ôcher BrE ôchre
debonãir rhymes with questionnãire
*Ãira Éire
fîre
hîre
shîre
in England, schwa, -shə -shire
*Glóstersher Glóucestershire
*Léstersher Léicestershire
*Wùstersher Worcestershire
-shîre, alternative strong pronunciation used mostly by Scots: Âyrshîre
mîre
rhyming with réservoir, boûdoir: *répertwàr répertoire
vámpire
émpire
úmpire
spîre
inspîre
enquîre
inquîre
cf. fŏr: befŏre
to the fŏre
thérefore
(and, for some, toûr guide) rock tŏr = téar tŏre
bizàrre
AmE thêater BrE thêatre
length AmE mêter BrE mêtre
AmE cénter BrE céntre
AmE scépter BrE scéptre
cûre
cf. grándeur -dyər: endûre
BrE *brôsher brôchure, AmE *brô-shûre brochûre
abjûre
-jər ínjure
cònjure
përjure
lûre
-lyər fâilure
BrE əlyûə allûre
manûre
ténure
BrE Shåw = AmE sûre
-zhər -sure
pléasure
méasure
tréasure
léisure
[1] BrE *inshåw, AmE *inshûre: insurance, verify insůre = verify ensůre
clôsure
*Rúsha Rússia ends like BrE présha préssure
Físher = físsure
-chər -ture
fêature
têacher rhymes with crêature
matûre
nâture
státure
pícture
cúlture
vúlture
rápture
rúpture
ôvertûre
pāsture
fûture
coutûre
sûture
fíxture
gravûre
AmE maneûver BrE manoeûvre
wê’re
of you yŏur = days yŏre = you are yŏu’re
here thére = them théir = they thèy’re
chêese, slêaze and frêeze rhyme with êase
-ss lêase
-z êase rhymes with plea plêas = request plêase
-ss crêase
verb, noun -ss decrêase
verb, noun -ss incrêase
Grêece = grêase
-z têase
âce rhymes with châse
confuse fâze = temporary phâse
*blàzè, *blàzây, often with French acute accent: blasé
-z erâse
-z phrâse
rephrâse
mostly -êez, including all nationalities (none of which end in -ise); usually stressed but can become unstressed before a noun as in Jápanese: -êse
-ss obêse
-z chêese
-z Clêese
jöurnalêse
Nepalêse
Cóngolêse
Jápanêse
Chînêse
silent u to harden g: Portuguêse
In all words apart from those specified below (e.g. precîse), -îse can be spelt as it is pronounced, -îze (e.g. críticîse/críticize): -îse
never spelt -îze because pronounced to rhyme with îce: precîse
críticîze = críticîse
never spelt -îze because pronounced to rhyme with îce: concîse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: noun, verb éxercîse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: mërchandîse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: fránchîse
vërbalize = vërbalîse
rêalîze = rêalîse
êqualîze = êqualîse
AmE -êess, BrE -êez valìse
fërtilîze = fërtilîse
sýmbolîze = sýmbolise
never spelt -ize because it is a noun and pronounced -íss: prémíse
never spelt -ize because pronounced -íss: noun, verb prómíse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: cómpromîse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: surmîse
*pŏrpus pŏrpoise
*tŏrtus tŏrtoise
pronounced but never spelt -ize: despîse
cf. -ss eat rîce: -z up rîse
glámorîze = glámorise
-êez reprìse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: comprîse
*ón prêez en prìse
pronounced but (after Jane Austen) not spelt -ize: surprîse
presh- préssurîze = pressurîse
émphasîze = émphasîse
*práctíss práctíce = British English verb práctíse
áppetîze = áppetîse
-êez expertìse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: ádvertîse
silent u; pronounced but never spelt -ize: disguîse
*broôz breŵs = brûise
*croôz creŵs = crûise
pronounced but never spelt -ize: advîse
cf. noun devîce: -z verb devîse
pronounced but never spelt *wîze: wîse
pronounced but never spelt -wize: -wîse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: lîkewîse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: clóckwîse
-ence = -ense
-ss, as also hénce, fénce: dénse
condénse
dispénse
sénse
nónsense
cf. defénce, lîcence, offénce where AmE has -ense, all -ss: suspénse
cf. séntence: ténse
-ss verbôse
béllicôse
váricose
jocôse
cf. dôze: -ss dôse
-z chôse
*hoôz who is who's = of whom whose
-z grandiôse
*loôze lose
noun, adjective -s, verb -z clôse
-z nôse
-z choôse
*lûce loôse
-z pôse
-z oppôse
-z expôse
can have French accent: exposé *expôzây expôsè
-z rôse
morôse
-z cómatôse
ápse
lápse
noun rêlapse
verb relápse
collápse
trâipse
eclípse
ellípse
cop cóps = wood cópse
hëarse
cf. revërse: rehëarse
-z pàrse
fàrce rhymes with spàrse
*persây për sè
dispërse
tërse
vërse
avërse
ádverse
rehëarse rhymes with revërse
gŏrse
voice hŏarse = animal hŏrse
wörse
cürse
nürse
bŏurse
vulgar cŏarse = run cŏurse
dispërse rhymes with pürse
or ámp- ímpasse
crevásse
póssê
lacrósse
animal moôse = eat moûsse
t can be silent: tsétsê or tsêtsê
verb -z, noun -ss ûse
verb -z, noun -ss abûse
no! -z refûse
rubbish -ss réfuse
-z mûse
amûse
liquid oôze = River Oûse
-ss dòuse
noun -ss, verb -z hòuse
-ss lòuse
-z blòuse
-ss mòuse
-ss spòuse
cf. -ss Ròuse = Ròwse persons: -z ròuse
-ss gròuse
cf. Drûze: -z rûse
perûse
-z ròuse rhymes with bròwse
-îze ánalyse
-îze páralyse
-ət in nouns and adjectives: -ate
in verbs (all are shown with accent below): -âte
lure bâit = anger, breath bâte
debâte
rêbâte
-âte verb, -ət noun prédicate
índicâte
víndicâte
certíficate
fábricâte
súffocâte
BrE -ət, AmE -âte: cándidate
fâte
also used as suffix for name of scandal, as in Wåtergâte: gâte
Reîgâte
frígate
Hárrogâte
súrrogate
Màrgâte
Wåtergâte
Rámsgâte
hâte
-sh(ì)âte verb, -sh(ì)ət adjective assôciate
dissôciâte
mêdiâte
immêdiate
verb affíliâte
noun -ət affíliate
defôliâte
inêbriâte
excóriâte
-sh(ì)âte differéntiâte
-sh(ì)âte negôtiâte
lâte
-îəlâyt annîhilate
vácillâte
óscillâte
plâte
témplâte
cóntemplâte
-âte verb, -ət adjective artículate
régulâte
mâte
-ít or -ət clîmate
-âte verb, -ət noun éstimate
guésstimate
-âte verb, -ət adjective appróximate
définite *définate
incríminâte
indiscríminate
cúlminate
fùlminate
elíminâte makes a minimal pair with illûminâte
person Spèight = rush spâte
(cf. désperate) -âte verb, -ət adjective séparate
-rət dísparate
-âte verb, -ət adjective delíberate
cf. ônerous: exónerâte
cô-óperâte
(cf. séparate) -rət désperate
émigrâte
ímmigrâte
irâte
Émirate
pîrate
-âte verb, -ət adjective eláborate
corróborâte
cǒrporate
máj- mágistrâte
démonstrâte
rémonstrâte
-âte verb, -ət adjective precípitate
ánnotâte
áctivâte
effête
*mashétty machétê
complête
Pête
Crête
cóncrete
discrêet = díscrête
éxtradîte
indîct *indîte
-lîte
*sôshalîte sôcialîte
elìte
polîte
nîght *nîte
gráníte
ignîte
fînîte
*définət définite
*ínfinət ínfinite
tonîght *tonîte
unîte
cf. ín spîte of: despîte
césspít rhymes with AmE réspíte; BrE réspîte
hýpocríte
AmE -or-; BrE fâvouríte
invîte
Trótskyîte
can be written 'Brontë': Bróntê
ánecdote
ántidote
môte
nôte
vôte
peyôtê
fŏrtè
càste
hâste
châste
usually stressed -ét -étte
oô- oubliétte
serviétte
diskétte
matress pállet = paint pálette
cf. hámlet: *ómlet ómelette
kitchenétte
pipétte
tríbûte
cóntríbûte
dístríbûte
noun áttribûte
verb attríbute
records Mínít = time mínute
mŷ neŵt = small minûte
repûte
compûte
cf. ínput: impûte
bŷte
nêophŷte
ácolŷte
often silent -ue
not -que: bàrbecûe
-skyoô réscûe
not -que: Fŏrtescûe
miscûe
dûe
fóndûe
prompt cûe = line queûe
âgûe
*lêag lêague
persons Hâig = Hâigh = city, person Hâgue
*plâig plâgue
*Pràg Pràgue
Móntagû = Móntagûe
-g vâgue
*sâygwây sèguè
-êeg noun íntrigue
-êeg verb intrìgue
-êeg fatìgue
-áng harángue
*meráng meringue
*túng tòngue
-góg: all these words may, and in most cases must lose the final -ue in American English -gógue
-óg sýnagógue
Lôgue
-óg dîalógue
-óg cátalógue
-ôg vôgue
àrgûe
blow bleŵ = colour blûe
clûe
influenza flû = chimney flûe
glûe
ménu rhymes with vénue
cf. síneŵ: ávenûe
révenûe
final que is -k (many words end like this, but not bàrbecûe) -que
-āk plāque
-âik opâque
*Môzám-bêek Mozambìque
*yû- unìque
look pêek = top pêak = annoy pìque
reálpolitìk rhymes with critìque
boutìque
-ésk burlésque
-ésk Pinterésque
-ésk picturésque
-ésk grôtesque
-ósk mósque
minimal pair: cf. brísk: -oòsk brùsque
Susan Sûe = law sûe
*insyû ensûe
-syû pursûe
*íshû íssue
*tíshû tíssue
câve
Dâve
reliêve rhymes with lêave
gâve
*háv: only 'inelegant' words like abbreviations can end in -áv (láv, sátnav), so an e is added to háve
behâve
cónclâve
pâve
râve
crâve
serious, dead grâve
accent gràve
sw- suàve
êve
slêeve
achìêve
belìêve
relìêve
grìêve
síeve
sémibrêve
- ív, when not shown otherwise: -íve
côërcíve
dîve
éndíve
recêive
concêive
fîve
cf. jîve dance: hard g in take gíve
hîve
-k- àrchîve
verb líve
adjective lîve
alîve
Clîve
rê-líve
ólíve
drîve
derîve
thrîve
arrîve
contrîve
strîve
mostly -ssív -síve
-ssív or -zív abrâsíve
-ssív or -zív persuâsíve
adhêsíve
decîsíve
(some AmE *devíssíve) devîsíve
defénsíve
offénsíve
expénsíve
inténsive
posséssíve
míssíve
permíssíve
dismíssíve
crêâtíve
tålkatíve
cf. defínitive: nâtíve
words which have secondary stressed AmE -âtíve, two syllables after the main stress: AmE imáginâtíve, BrE a as schwa: imáginatíve
derívatíve
láxative
áctíve
deféctíve
objéctíve
subjéctíve
ádjectíve
corréctíve
detéctíve
invéctíve
explêtíve
cf. nâtive: defínitive
sénsitíve
repétitíve
môtíve
-súmptíve
revîve
válve
délve
shélve
words that end in -olve may have either -ólve or -ôlve
solve
may be -z- dissolve
devolve
revolve
involve
abòve
bird dòve
(BrE is regular dîved) AmE dive dôve
Gôve
England Hôve = heave hôve
shòve
lòve
glòve
cf. *môve mauve: *moôve move
groôve
rôve
grôve
shrôve = Shrôve
*proôve prove
stôve
trôve
strôve
càrve
nërve
sërve
*prizërv presërve
cürve
*fôve fauve
cf. *moôv move: *môve mauve
Î've
wê've
yoû've
thèy've
Zimbàbwè
me yoû = sheep eŵe
lëarner and lôw = Lërner and Lôewe
Lilóngwè
AmE áx: BrE áxe
yê
death dîe = colour dŷe
me Î = sight eŷe
above skŷ = island Skŷe
rŷe
pig, eye stŷ = eye stŷe
dâys = dâze
plêase and frêeze rhyme with slêaze
period phâse = confuse fâze
gâys = gâze
Hâyes = hâze
Mâys = crop mâize = lost mâze
Krâys = crâze
ádze
whêeze
free frêes = cold frêeze
squêeze
trapêze
most words in -îse can also be spelt -îze; all exceptions are listed under -îse: -îze
never -ise sêize
apart prîse = present prîze
never -ise sîze
dôze
búlldoze
Drûze
-îze ánalŷse = ánalŷze
-îze páralŷse = páralŷze