English pronunciation
How to pronounce “debris”
Phonetic spelling
duh-BREE
IPA /dəˈbɹi/
Syllable stress
duh·bree
Stress falls on the highlighted syllable.
How do you spell “debris”?
d e b r i s
“debris” is spelled D-E-B-R-I-S. It is pronounced duh-BREE, so the spelling and the sound do not match letter for letter. Listen to the audio above and say it aloud while you read the letters.
Hear it in a sentence
After the storm, the street was covered with debris from damaged houses.
The rescue team carefully searched through the debris for survivors.