<Li> superscript after a word indicates that the pronunciation given as AmE is also the most common variant in BrE . </Li> <P> Subscript or means that the relevant unstressed vowel is also reduced to / ə / or / ɪ / in AmE or BrE, respectively . </P> <P> For many loanwords from French where AmE has kept the original French final - syllable stress, BrE stresses an earlier syllable . French loanwords that differ in stress only are listed below . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> BrE </Th> <Th> AmE </Th> <Th> words with relevant syllable stressed in each dialect </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1st </Td> <Td> last </Td> <Td> barrage, baton, beret, bidet, blasé, bouffant, brasserie, brassiere, brevet, brochure, buffet, cachet, café, caffeine, canard, chagrin, chalet, cliché, collage, croissant, debris, debut, décor, detail, figurine, flambé, frappé, garage, gourmet, lamé, matinée, milieu, negligee, nonchalant, nondescript, parquet, pastel, pastille, pâté, précis, sachet, salon, savant, solfège, sorbet, soupçon, vaccine, massage . <P> Also some French names, including: Degas, Dijon, Dumas, Manet, Monet, Renault, Rimbaud . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2nd </Td> <Td> last </Td> <Td> attaché, consommé, décolleté, déclassé, démodé, denouement, distingué, escargot, exposé, fiancé (e), retroussé . <P> Also some French names, including: Debussy, Dubonnet . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> last </Td> <Td> 1st </Td> <Td> address (noun), decade, esquire, magazine, mayonnaise tirade, ((bi) p) artisan . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2nd </Td> <Td> 1st </Td> <Td> artisanal, liaison, macramé, Renaissance </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Words pronounced differently in american and british english