How To Pronounce Glass
glass
UK
Phonemic
/ɡlɑːs/
Phonetic
[ɡlɑːs]
US
Phonemic
/ɡlæs/
In British English, glass is pronounced /ɡlɑːs/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɡlɑːs]. In American English, it is pronounced /ɡlæs/.
Glass has one 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.
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