How to pronounce skive
Say it like SKYVE. Skive is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.
Click the play button next to American or British to hear how to pronounce skive. Choose Slow to hear each sound clearly.
- SKYVE
- Main stress
- Lighter stress
- Unstressed
Skive pronunciation, sound by sound
Read the parts left to right, then blend them together without pausing.
- SKYVESay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "i" in time.
American vs British pronunciation of skive
American and British speakers say skive in essentially the same way: /skaɪv/ in the US and /skaɪv/ in the UK.
British respelling: SKYVE.
What does skive mean?
- To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.
- Something very easy, where one can slack off without penalty.“Mr Smith's history classes are a total skive.”
- An act of avoiding lessons or work.
- A rotating iron disk coated with oil and diamond dust used to polish the facets of a diamond.
- An angled cut or bevel at the edge of something.
Where does skive come from?
Probably from French esquiver (“slink away”), from Middle French esquiver (“to escape”), from Spanish esquivar (“to avoid, reject, elude”), from esquivo (“contemptuous, loathsome”), itself from Old French eschiver, of East Germanic origin,
Words that rhyme with skive
Practicing rhymes is a quick way to lock in the vowel sound of skive.
Questions about saying skive
How do you pronounce skive?
Say SKYVE. The American pronunciation is /skaɪv/. In British English it is /skaɪv/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.
How many syllables are in skive?
Skive is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress. Broken into parts: SKYVE.
Do Americans and Brits say skive the same way?
Almost exactly. The American form is /skaɪv/ and the British form is /skaɪv/, so you can use either pronunciation with any listener.