English pronunciation · Words Starting with P
Pine Pronunciation
Pine is pronounced PYN, IPA /ˈpaɪn/.
PYN
US /ˈpaɪn/ · UK /ˈpaɪn/
Syllables: PYN (1 syllable)
noun and verb: An evergreen tree with needles and cones, or its pale timber.
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Pine in a Sentence
- A row of pine trees shelters the house from the wind.
- The whole kitchen is built from pine.
- He pined for the coast every winter.
Common Mispronunciations of Pine
Not PEEN
Pine rhymes with mine, so the i runs to the eye sound and never to ee.
Not PY-nee
There is no second beat in pine; the e on the end only stretches the vowel in front of it.
Tip: A pine is the tree and to pine is to long for something, with nothing to tell them apart by ear.
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