English pronunciation · Words Starting with F
Fever Pronunciation
Fever is pronounced FEE-ver, IPA /ˈfivɝ/.
FEE-ver
US /ˈfivɝ/ · UK /ˈfiːvə/
Syllables: FEE · ver (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A body temperature above normal, usually from illness.
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Fever in a Sentence
- The fever broke on the third night.
- She had a fever and a sore throat.
- Election fever took over the town.
Common Mispronunciations of Fever
Not FE-ver
That single e is long, an ee, because the e at the end of the word reaches back over the v.
Not fe-VER
The back half of the word stays quiet. FEE does the work.
Tip: Fever has a long ee and never a short e, while lever goes one way in Britain and the other in America.
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