How To Pronounce Broad
broad
UK
Phonemic
/brɔːd/
Phonetic
[brʷɔːd̚]
US
Phonemic
/brɔːd/
In British English, broad is pronounced /brɔːd/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [brʷɔːd̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /brɔːd/.
Broad has one syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.
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.
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