How To Pronounce Jar

jar

UK
Phonemic
/dʒɑː/
Phonetic
[dʒɑːʴ]
US
Phonemic
/dʒɑːr/

In British English, jar is pronounced /dʒɑː/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [dʒɑːʴ]. In American English, it is pronounced /dʒɑːr/.

Jar 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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