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Carriage Pronunciation

Carriage is pronounced KA-rij, IPA /ˈkærɪdʒ/.

KA-rij

US /ˈkærɪdʒ/  ·  UK /ˈkærɪdʒ/

Syllables: KA · rij (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)

noun: A vehicle pulled by horses, a section of a passenger train, or the cost of transporting goods.

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Carriage in a Sentence

  • They arrived by carriage in the opening scene.
  • Our seats are in the fourth carriage.
  • The price includes carriage to any UK address.

Common Mispronunciations of Carriage

Not ka-ree-AJ

Two beats, not three, and the -age ending is a quiet ij. The French pronunciation with a long a belongs to words English borrowed more recently.

Not KA-ryj

The two rs do not double the sound, but they do keep the first vowel short and clear before the ij.

Tip: Carriage, marriage and cabbage all finish on the same unstressed ij.

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