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How to pronounce screens

Say it like SKREENZ. Screens is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/skrinz/SKREENZ
UK British/skriːnz/SKREENZ
  • SKREENZ
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Screens pronunciation, sound by sound

Read the parts left to right, then blend them together without pausing.

  1. SKREENZSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "ee" in see.

American vs British pronunciation of screens

American and British speakers say screens in essentially the same way: /skrinz/ in the US and /skriːnz/ in the UK.

British respelling: SKREENZ.

What does screens mean?

noun
  1. plural of screen How to pronounce screen
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of screen How to pronounce screen

Words that rhyme with screens

Practicing rhymes is a quick way to lock in the vowel sound of screens.

Questions about saying screens

How do you pronounce screens?

Say SKREENZ. The American pronunciation is /skrinz/. In British English it is /skriːnz/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in screens?

Screens is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress. Broken into parts: SKREENZ.

Do Americans and Brits say screens the same way?

Almost exactly. The American form is /skrinz/ and the British form is /skriːnz/, so you can use either pronunciation with any listener.

Pronunciation from CMUdict and Britfone; meaning and origin adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).