How To Pronounce Grasp
grasp
UK
Phonemic
/ɡrɑːsp/
Phonetic
[ɡrɑːsp̚]
US
Phonemic
/ɡræsp/
In British English, grasp is pronounced /ɡrɑːsp/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɡrɑːsp̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ɡræsp/.
Grasp 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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