How To Pronounce Clause
clause
UK
Phonemic
/klɔːz/
Phonetic
[kl̥ʷɔːz]
US
Phonemic
/klɔːz/
In British English, clause is pronounced /klɔːz/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kl̥ʷɔːz]. In American English, it is pronounced /klɔːz/.
Clause 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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