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Prix Pronunciation
Prix is pronounced PREE, IPA /ˈpri/.
PREE
US /ˈpri/
Syllables: PREE (1 syllable)
noun: The French word for prize, used in English mainly in Grand Prix, the name of a motor race.
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Prix in a Sentence
- We watched the Grand Prix from a friend's balcony.
- He won his first Grand Prix at twenty-two.
- Tickets for the prix went on sale in January.
Common Mispronunciations of Prix
Not PRIKS
French leaves a final x unsounded, and English kept that habit when it borrowed the word. Nothing follows the vowel.
Not PRI
Hold the vowel out to a long ee, so the word lands on the sound of free.
Tip: In Grand Prix the first word is said the French way too, as GRAHN, so the whole thing is GRAHN PREE.
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