Does a woman's blouse rhyme with mouse?

[blibbertibs]

i'm trying to find the proper pronunciation for blouse.

[Jucius Maximus]

Rouse
Douse
Cows
House (the verb)

[CCCC3333]

yes

[Quiggie]

No, it rhymes with "goose".

[skyblue12]

No, it rhymes with "goose".

LOL.

what jucius said sounds right.

[brunes]

No, it rhymes with "goose".

What???? I can't imagine someone pronouncing blouse so that it rhymed with goose, they would sound like an idiot.

Blouse can either be pronounced so it rhymes with "louse", or so that it rhymes with "plows".

Goose rhymes with "moose". or "caboose". Totally different.

[kjs]

Blouse can either be pronounced so it rhymes with "louse", or so that it rhymes with "plows".

+1. I don't understand why everyone's voting no.

[45ED]

To get a little technical here...

From Mirriam-Webster dictionary:

Blouse
Mouse
House

If you visit each one of these links and look at the "Pronunciation" entry for each word, you will see that the pronunciation symbols are (roughly) the same. Meaning that each word is pronounced (roughly) the same. If the words were pronounced differently, they would have different symbols from each other.

To OP's question, yes, they are pronounced the same.

[45ED]

+1. I don't understand why everyone's voting no.

They might think that the "o" is silent and the "u" is a long vowel ("ooo" sound) rather than a short vowel.

[Ojam]

Wow, I can't believe so many voted no.

[Quiggie]

OP do NOT listen to these people saying it rhymes with mouse, they are just trying to make you say it like that so you look like a fool. I can't believe there are such evil people on RFD. It rhymes with goose.

[Jon Lai]

What???? I can't imagine someone pronouncing blouse so that it rhymed with goose, they would sound like an idiot.

Blouse can either be pronounced so it rhymes with "louse", or so that it rhymes with "plows".

+1. I don't understand why everyone's voting no.

I've always pronounced it to rhyme with "plows". I've never heard of anyone pronouncing it to rhyme with "louse", so voted no, because mouse rhymes with louse but blouse rhymes with plows in my books.

[brunes]

I've always pronounced it to rhyme with "plows". I've never heard of anyone pronouncing it to rhyme with "louse", so voted no, because mouse rhymes with louse but blouse rhymes with plows in my books.

You can pronounce it either way. Both are used, I have heard both.

[45ED]

OP do NOT listen to these people saying it rhymes with mouse, they are just trying to make you say it like that so you look like a fool. I can't believe there are such evil people on RFD. It rhymes with goose.

If OP looks like a fool for rhyming blouse with mouse, then so must all the folks who rely on dictionaries like the Merriam-Webster and Cambridge.

OP, two choices. Who you gonna believe: folks who think they're right with basic examples or two popular (re:well researched) dictionaries?

[originalnutta]

grouse