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How to pronounce skees

Say it like SKEEZ. Skees is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/skiz/SKEEZ
UK British/skiːz/SKEEZ
  • SKEEZ
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Skees pronunciation, sound by sound

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

American vs British pronunciation of skees

American and British speakers say skees in essentially the same way: /skiz/ in the US and /skiːz/ in the UK.

British respelling: SKEEZ.

What does skees mean?

noun
  1. plural of skee

Words that rhyme with skees

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

Questions about saying skees

How do you pronounce skees?

Say SKEEZ. The American pronunciation is /skiz/. In British English it is /skiːz/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in skees?

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

Do Americans and Brits say skees the same way?

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

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