How do you say reprise?

I pronounce it: ruh-preez with the most emphasis over the EE, though either way is acceptable.

Updated On: 8/15/06 at 04:13 PM

I and most people I know say "re-preese", but both are acceptable from a grammatical standpoint, or so I've been told.

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I pronounce it ruh-preez, but I've been told that both are correct. re-prize just sounds like a very American way of pronouncing it.

I usually say RE- PRIZE

(as in to prize again)

Re Preese

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Reh-Preez

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I say "re-prize" (of course, I'm from the South). But according to Merriam-Webster online (www.m-w.com)...

For the NOUN form:
Main Entry: re·prise
Pronunciation: ri-'prEz, 1 is also -'prIz
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, seizure, repossession, expense, from feminine past participle of reprendre to take back, from re- + prendre to take, from Latin prehendere
1 : a deduction or charge made yearly out of a manor or estate -- usually used in plural
2 : a recurrence, renewal, or resumption of an action
3 [French, from Middle French] a : a musical repetition: (1) : the repetition of the exposition preceding the development (2) : RECAPITULATION 3 b : a repeated performance : REPETITION

For the VERB form:
Main Entry: re·prise
Pronunciation: ri-'prIz, 3 is -'prEz
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): re·prised; re·pris·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French repris, past participle of reprendre
1 archaic : TAKE BACK; especially : to recover by force
2 archaic : COMPENSATE
3 a : to repeat the performance of b : to repeat the principal points or stages of : RECAPITULATE

so from what I gather (after a load of confusion), definition 3 of the verb form ("to repeat the performance of") is "re-preese" but the other two verb uses are "re-prize"

But I have to admit -- I've never heard anybody say "re-preese" before! But I guess you learn something new everyday...

Updated On: 8/15/06 at 06:55 PM

But wait, surely it's Ro-praz!?

I say re-prize.

I pronounce it: Seasons of Love

"Ruh-prize" is NEVER correct, as a noun or as a verb.

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Good thread.

I was gotten onto for saying ree-preeze a few weeks ago. I'm going to bitchslap the boy who got on to me for it :-P

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