Mrs.

A1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈmɪsɪz/ UK /ˈmɪsɪz/ See IPA manual

Freq #1059

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noun
A title used before the name of a married woman.

Mrs. Johnson teaches my daughter's class.

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1 noun · a title used before the... missus

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The Fish-Sauce Shop
She stood at the door of Mrs. Smith’s fish-sauce shop in the Strand welcoming him in.

Separate the /s/ in sauce from the /ʃ/ in fish and shop. In Smith’s, move from /θ/ into the final /s/ before beginning fish.

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