How To Pronounce Across

In British English, across is pronounced /əˈkrɒs/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [əˈkr̥ʷɒs]. In American English, it is pronounced /əˈkrɔːs/.

Across has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the second syllable. The British and American pronunciations are different, so listen to both.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.