How to pronounce grape
Say it like GRAYP. Grape is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.
- GRAYP
- Main stress
- Lighter stress
- Unstressed
Grape pronunciation, sound by sound
Read the parts left to right, then blend them together without pausing.
- GRAYPSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "ay" in day.
American vs British pronunciation of grape
American and British speakers say grape in essentially the same way: /ɡreɪp/ in the US and /ɡreɪp/ in the UK.
British respelling: GRAYP.
What does grape mean?
- A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on female vines of most species of genus Vitis and the self-fertile plants of species Vitis vinifera.“Grapes give us whole-fruit snacks, grape juice, raisins, wine, and more.”
- Any woody vine of genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine.“wild grape covering the back slope”
- Any of various fruits or plants with varying resemblances to those of genus Vitis but belonging to other genera, not necessarily edible.“sea grape; tail grape”
- Containing grapes or having a grape flavor.
- Of a dark purplish red colour.
- To pick grapes.
- Of livestock, to develop tubercules as a result of tuberculosis.
- To develop a texture with small grape-like clusters of a contaminant or foreign substance.
Where does grape come from?
Inherited from Middle English grape, borrowed from Old French grappe (“cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes”), deverbal from graper (“to pick grapes”, literally “to hook”), borrowed from Frankish *krappō (“to hook”), from Proto-Indo
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Words that rhyme with grape
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Questions about saying grape
How do you pronounce grape?
Say GRAYP. The American pronunciation is /ɡreɪp/. In British English it is /ɡreɪp/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.
How many syllables are in grape?
Grape is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress. Broken into parts: GRAYP.
Do Americans and Brits say grape the same way?
Almost exactly. The American form is /ɡreɪp/ and the British form is /ɡreɪp/, so you can use either pronunciation with any listener.