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Pronunciation

How to pronounce “warehouse”

“warehouse” is pronounced /ˈwɛɹˌhaʊs/ (WER-hows) in American English and /weəhaʊs/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “wɛɹ”.
The sound

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warehouse

/ˈwɛɹˌhaʊs/

The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /weəhaʊs/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.

2 beats
  1. wɛɹwɛɹstress
  2. haʊshaʊs
IPA (American)
/ˈwɛɹˌhaʊs/
IPA (British)
/weəhaʊs/
Respelling
WER-hows
Syllables
2 — WƐɹ-haʊs
Stress
Stress the first syllable: WƐɹ-haʊs. “wɛɹ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
Part of speech
noun, verb
Difficulty
Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/ˈwɛɹˌhaʊs/

British

/weəhaʊs/

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Meaning

What “warehouse” means

  1. noun

    a storehouse for goods and merchandise

  2. verb

    store in a warehouse

Say it in a sentence

“The old warehouse by the canal is now flats.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

6 sounds, in the order you say them
wwɛshort eɹrhhaʊowss

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Questions

“warehouse”, answered

How do you pronounce “warehouse”?

“warehouse” is pronounced /ˈwɛɹˌhaʊs/ (WER-hows) in American English and /weəhaʊs/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “wɛɹ”. Build it as WƐɹ-haʊs, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “warehouse” have?

2: wɛɹ · haʊs. The beat lands on the first, “wɛɹ”.

Is “warehouse” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /ˈwɛɹˌhaʊs/ (WER-hows); British English says /weəhaʊs/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “warehouse” mean?

As a noun: a storehouse for goods and merchandise For example: “The old warehouse by the canal is now flats.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “warehouse”?

Stress the first syllable: WƐɹ-haʊs. “wɛɹ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.

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