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Consonant Contrast

Come si pronuncia breeze vs breathe

Contrasto fonetico chiave

‘Breathe’ ends with the voiced dental fricative ⁄ð⁄ (⁄briːð⁄); ‘breeze’ ends with the voiced alveolar sibilant /z/ (⁄briːz⁄).

Contrasto: Dental ⁄ð⁄ vs alveolar /z/

breeze

⁄briːz⁄

Sillabe

BREEZE

Definizione:

A light, gentle wind.

“The breeze rustled the papers on her desk.”

breathe

⁄briːð⁄

Sillabe

BREATHE

Definizione:

To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.

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Domande frequenti: breeze vs breathe

Difference between breeze and breathe?

‘Breathe’ ends with the voiced dental fricative ⁄ð⁄ (⁄briːð⁄); ‘breeze’ ends with the voiced alveolar sibilant /z/ (⁄briːz⁄).

Syllable stress in breeze vs breathe?

"breeze" has 1 syllables (breeze). "breathe" has 1 syllables (breathe).

Why are breeze and breathe easily confused?

Dental ⁄ð⁄ vs alveolar /z/

Example sentences for breeze and breathe?

"breeze": The breeze rustled the papers on her desk. "breathe": breathe and that maybe should not happen at work right you need to be focused but that's not ignoring it