English pronunciation · Words Starting with P
Police Pronunciation
Police is pronounced puh-LEES, IPA /pəˈlis/.
puh-LEES
US /pəˈlis/ · UK /pəˈliːs/
Syllables: puh · LEES (2 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun; also a verb: The civil force responsible for keeping order and enforcing the law.
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Police in a Sentence
- The police arrived within ten minutes.
- She joined the police straight out of university.
- Volunteers police the comments section.
Common Mispronunciations of Police
Not POH-lees
The weight sits on the second syllable and the first shrinks to a faint puh, so close to a single beat that it can sound like plees.
Not puh-LEEZ
The ending is a hissed s. Voicing it produces please, which is how the two words get confused by ear.
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