Scalise is a surname pronounced /skəˈliːz/. In this word, the initial "s" is pronounced as a voiceless alveolar fricative /s/. The following "c" is pronounced as a voiceless palatal stop /k/. The "a" is pronounced as a short vowel /ə/. The final "lise" is pronounced as /ˈliːz/, where the "l" is pronounced as a voiced alveolar lateral approximant and the "ise" is pronounced as a diphthong that starts with a close front unrounded vowel /i/ and ends with a voiced alveolar fricative /z/.