--- title: "How to pronounce \"zes\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"zes\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/-kBZxUgu6Uc/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/zes" --- # How to pronounce "zes" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/zɛs/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **zes** ## Meaning & Usage ### NOUN - Initialism of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. ### Example Sentences - "Zesty Meyers, the main character, is quite a wise ass." - "zest when you try to kind of scrape it all off so one little one little trick with that but something else to do with" ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "zes" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "That's the serious opening. Zesty Meyers, the main character, is quite a wise ass. So you don't get it in that opening." - **Watch at 8:40**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kBZxUgu6Uc&t=520s) ### Example 2 > "zest when you try to kind of scrape it all off so one little one little trick with that but something else to do with" - **Watch at 15:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTQiSxiVrs0&t=900s) ### Example 3 > "that story is just oh I met her at a bar, did some tricks, she didn't like it and then that was fine. Yeah. But all of a sudden there was so much life, so much zest in that story. I noticed you added so much almost irrelevant detail. Uh-huh. But you talked about the bar having two floors and stuff. it visual. Okay, so I could picture it in my mind. I wanted to make it visual. Well, it's it's it's well okay, so" - **Watch at 43:41**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIiv_335yus&t=2621s) ### Example 4 > "Perhaps best, however, the savoir-vivre, this zest for life, can be felt in the culinary scene of Paris, in one of the many street cafés where every guest can feel like a Parisian, or in one of the traditional brasseries like Laupol." - **Watch at 2:41**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zc181QZ21s&t=161s) ### Example 5 > "to adapt the dough to a machine we use the highest quality utensils we've got our hands leaven dough almonds butter orange zest lemon zest and raisins these ingredients are easily obtainable nowadays but not under the Communist Regime of East Germany lemon zest had to be imported from abroad plus the centralized government planners allocated the precious commodity mostly to State combines not small bakeries The" - **Watch at 1:59**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS1t-JEJu2g&t=119s) ### Example 6 > "the fish afterwards it's all put through a strainer that gives you the stalk the zesty base of cacciucco next fillet the fish for the garnish and cook them together with fresh tomatoes tomato paste and herbs delicate seafood like shrimp and lobster are added last" - **Watch at 3:05**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw7mZftwcv4&t=185s) ### Example 7 > "Provided you're not too tall, you can start the new day well rested and refreshed. We begin the second leg of our journey which will take us from Zesto to Lake Gada. Mont says that sitting beside him is Christian Schluda from VW's commercial vehicles division. Our tester asked how the company got the idea to turn a" - **Watch at 19:10**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfaZhRK0VEs&t=1150s) ### Example 8 *Accent: US* > "zest of such a life vanished after the engagement of Andrew and Natasha and the" - **Watch at 0:53**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgu4BV8HR6U&t=53s) ### Example 9 *Accent: US* > "zest and now the color of her pride and joy out flushed the hue of aos she so" - **Watch at 50:07**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGfS3rydrGk&t=3007s) ### Example 10 *Accent: US* > "zest they had possessed in the crisp winter months even Anne and Gilbert lagged and grew indifferent teacher and taught were alike glad when the term was" - **Watch at 455:35**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tlkTOPYU6I&t=27335s) ## How to Pronounce "zes" - **Syllables**: zes - **IPA**: `/zɛs/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Words ### Related Terms [warezes](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/warezes) ## Related Pronunciations [zea](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/zea), [zec](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/zec), [zed](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/zed), [zeds](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/zeds), [zee](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/zee), [zeal](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/zeal), [zean](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/zean), [zebu](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/zebu) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “zes”? “zes” is pronounced /zɛs/ (zes). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### What does “zes” mean? Initialism of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. ### How can I hear “zes” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “zes” with synchronized subtitles. 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