How To Pronounce Impulse
impulse
UK
Phonemic
/ˈɪm.pʌls/
Phonetic
[ˈɪ̃m.pʌɫs]
US
Phonemic
/ˈɪm.pʌls/
In British English, impulse is pronounced /ˈɪm.pʌls/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈɪ̃m.pʌɫs]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈɪm.pʌls/.
Impulse has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first 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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