How do you pronounce Prius? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

Warped · 04-13-2004, 06:09 PM

***Phi*** · 04-13-2004, 07:46 PM

Pree-us

TheMajesticking · 04-13-2004, 09:13 PM

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How do you pronounce Prius?

Your kidding right?

***Phi*** · 04-13-2004, 10:05 PM

^ just answer the question foo!

***Razo-E*** · 04-13-2004, 10:52 PM

"Pree-Us"...

Jeff Goldblum said it that way in the commercials, and he hasnt steered me wrong yet..

Warped · 04-22-2004, 12:16 PM

Haha, I forgot I posted this...I always thought it was Pry-us, guess not. Thanks guys,

TheKevin · 05-05-2004, 01:56 AM

pree-us

xpeed · 05-05-2004, 03:16 AM

Japanese people pronounce it as, Pree-use

Tideland Prius · 06-21-2005, 02:39 AM

Yeah and the euros call it Pry-us.

Here's the Japanese word

プリウス

dcarter124 · 10-03-2005, 05:06 PM

all that time i was mis-pronouncing it

***Hamsterman*** · 10-03-2005, 05:19 PM

hehe pree-us all

reminds me of being up in canada when all the crazy folks called the sell-ik-ca's sel-lee-cas

Tideland Prius · 10-03-2005, 11:46 PM

I call it cell-lee-ca :P

***Razo-E*** · 10-04-2005, 12:37 AM

^---it's Cell-ih-kuh...

Tideland Prius · 10-04-2005, 01:21 AM

hehe. Either way =). I guess your's closer to the proper way of spelling it phonetically

xpeed · 10-04-2005, 03:55 AM

Well, if you look it up, most of the name that Toyota come up with for their cars are pronounced using the Japanese context.

Like "Celica" The spelling in Japanese is "セリカ" which is "Se-Ri-Ka" But here in the US, it's "Se Lick-A"

Or "Camry" it's " カムリ " which is "Ka-Mu-Ri" which is similar to our way of saying Camry in the US.

So, same goes for the "Prius" Which is " プリウス " Which is "Pu-Ri-U-Su " Or simply "Pu-ree-oo-su " Knowing Japanese people can't say English without adding an additional sound like "O" or "U" Then " Pree-oos" is the correct way of saying the name.