garage
noun · a building for a car, or a place where cars are repaired
- guhɡə
- RAHZHrɑːʒ (stressed)
- GAɡær (stressed)
- rahzhɑːʒ
- US /ɡəˈrɑːʒ/guh-RAHZH Recorded voice
- UK /ˈɡær.ɑːʒ/GA-rahzh Your device’s voice
Also said: UK /ˈɡær.ɪdʒ/.
How to pronounce garage
Garage is pronounced guh-RAHZH in American English and GA-rahzh in British English. It has two syllables, and the stress moves. Many British speakers also say GA-rij.
- 2 syllables
- Stress on RAHZH
- US and UK IPA
- Checked in Cambridge and Oxford
IPA checked in the Cambridge Dictionary and Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries. Cambridge also lists a British form with an ij ending, /ˈɡær.ɪdʒ/. The recording is American English.
Garage, sound by sound
Each sound in the IPA, with a word you already know that has it.
US American English/ɡəˈrɑːʒ/
guh
- /ɡ/as in get
- /ə/as in about
RAHZHstressed
- /r/as in red
- /ɑː/as in father
- /ʒ/as in vision
UK British English/ˈɡær.ɑːʒ/
GAstressed
- /ɡ/as in get
- /æ/as in cat
- /r/as in red
rahzh
- /ɑː/as in father
- /ʒ/as in vision
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Common garage pronunciation mistakes
What people often say instead, and how to fix it. Say guh-RAHZH.
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GAR-ayjReading age as in page. The ending is ahzh (or ij in the UK).
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guh-RAJEnding with a short a and j. The vowel is the long ah, and the end is zh.
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gar-AHJUsing a hard j at the end. Use zh, as in vision.
Garage in a sentence
Hear each one, slow it down, then say it. Words change a little when they join others, so practise them in sentences too.
Park the car in the garage.
We keep our bikes in the garage.
My brother took the car to the garage for repair.
How do you say garage?
The stress moves between accents. In the US it falls on the second syllable: guh-RAHZH. In Britain, speakers stress the first: GA-rahzh, or the shorter GA-rij, which Cambridge also lists.
Garage is a French word from garer, to shelter or put in a safe place. French has the zh sound at the end, as in vision. English kept it in the careful form, while the British GA-rij changes it to the usual English ending, as in village.
If you want a form that works everywhere, say guh-RAHZH with a clear zh at the end. In the UK, people will also understand it.
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