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# How to pronounce "off ice" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/ˈɔf.ɪs/`
- **Native Audio Recording**: [Listen to Audio Clip](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/En-au-office.ogg/En-au-office.ogg.mp3)
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **of·fice**
- **Parts of Speech**: noun, verb
- **NOUN**: A ceremonial duty or service, particularly
  - *Example*: "Golde (gaue he him)[…]for all maner of veſſels of euery offyce[…]"
- **NOUN**: A ceremonial duty or service
- **VERB**: To provide (someone) with an office.
  - *Example*: "Is he officed in Congressional Relations or is he officed in SCA?"

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (9 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "off ice" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "Those languages that are very low over on the right hand side, they could conceivably, if they had had very high levels proficiency in the past, they claim to be able to activate them or take them off ice, thaw them out a little bit in order to be able to use them. I get asked a lot, "What are the hyperpolyglots like?" I think that, "What can you say about the hyperpolyglots?" I think that sometimes the question is trying to get me to confess that they're also piano"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 20:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmzgB7PomUA&t=1201s)

### Example 2
> "Chinese street vendor that sold ice cream. She had this little uh contraption. It was like a frozen cylinder that she poured cream over and it would scrape off ice cream in this really visually appealing way. And so I I basically broke down in 30 seconds like you could pay $200 for this, you could post it at any given street corner and you could make $1,000 by the end of the day. So it's like A B C here's how to get to this revenue. Um and like 30"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 128:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QLWlcneJig&t=7725s)

### Example 3
> "And Greenland's way of life has always been to fish off ice."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 48:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHU621TjCi0&t=2923s)

### Example 4
> "I mean, my best advice would be to start off ice training a little bit first."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 33:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts2gyCTl6Ok&t=2008s)

### Example 5
> "Now they know the memory. We took this as a starting point to understand which genes change when the worms are becoming cold tolerant on and off ice. And we found genes that when you mutate them, the worms just remember longer, always, even when they're off ice, because these are the genes that normally change"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 143:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDUetQMKM6g&t=8614s)

### Example 6
> "But from that ice core, you're going to shave off ice from different depths and determine the delta D and the delta O-18"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 18:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMmE4d_aCXE&t=1104s)

### Example 7
> "If you thought those crafty orcas that knock seals off ice or go onshore to grab pups from the beach would be the most successful cetacean hunters,"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 4:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyrYPOb4IrY&t=289s)

### Example 8
> "And looking at that, and looking at the speed, the athleticism and all that, and getting to know a lot of the guys off ice."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 5:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnxmjbPRoYQ&t=326s)

### Example 9
> "We took this as a starting point to understand which genes change when the worms are becoming cold tolerant on and off ice. And we found genes that when you mutate them, the worms just remember longer, always, even when they're off ice, because these are the genes that normally change when they are surprised on the ice."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 143:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDUetQMKM6g&t=8621s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [off](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/off), [ice](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/ice)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "off ice" correctly?
"off ice" is pronounced `/ˈɔf.ɪs/`. Syllable breakdown: **of·fice**.

### What does "off ice" mean in context?
A ceremonial duty or service, particularly

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