How To Pronounce Gold
gold
UK
Phonemic
/ɡəʊld/
Phonetic
[ɡəʊɫd̚]
US
Phonemic
/ɡoʊld/
In British English, gold is pronounced /ɡəʊld/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɡəʊɫd̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ɡoʊld/.
Gold 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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