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Resume, the document you send with a job application, is pronounced REZ-uh-may in American English and REZ-yoo-may in British English, with the stress on the first syllable. The verb resume, to start again, is a different word: rih-ZOOM, or rih-ZYOOM in British English.
resume
noun · a short document about your education and work history, used to apply for jobs
Also said: UK /ˈrez.ə.meɪ/.
Resume has two pronunciations
noun a document about your education and work
US /ˈrez.ə.meɪ/UK /ˈrez.juː.meɪ/REZ-uh-may
verb to start again after a pause
US /rɪˈzuːm/UK /rɪˈzjuːm/rih-ZOOM
IPA checked in the Cambridge Dictionary and Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries. Cambridge also lists REZ-uh-may for British English. The recording is American English.
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US American English/ˈrez.ə.meɪ/
REZstressed
uh
may
UK British English/ˈrez.juː.meɪ/
REZstressed
yoo
may
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What people often say instead, and how to fix it. Say REZ-uh-may.
Notrih-ZOOM
Using the verb for the document. The job document is REZ-uh-may, stressed on REZ.
NotREZ-oom
Treating the last e as silent. The noun has three syllables and ends in may.
Notrih-SOOM
Saying s. In both words the s sounds like z.
Hear each one, slow it down, then say it. Words change a little when they join others, so practise them in sentences too.
Please attach your résumé and a short cover letter.
I updated my résumé before the job fair.
Classes will resume after the holiday.
Both, because these are two words that share one spelling. The verb resume, to start again, goes back to the Latin resumere, to take back. It is said rih-ZOOM, or rih-ZYOOM in British English, with the stress at the end.
The noun is the French word résumé, meaning summarized. It keeps a French-style ending, may, and puts the stress at the front: REZ-uh-may. The accents in résumé show which word it is, but many people leave them out.
In American English, a resume is the document you send with a job application. British English usually calls that a CV and uses résumé for a summary. Let the meaning decide: a document is REZ-uh-may, an action is rih-ZOOM.
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