How To Pronounce Nurture
nurture
UK
Phonemic
/ˈnɜː.tʃə/
Phonetic
[ˈnɜːʴ.tʃə]
US
Phonemic
/ˈnɜːr.tʃər/
In British English, nurture is pronounced /ˈnɜː.tʃə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈnɜːʴ.tʃə]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈnɜːr.tʃər/.
Nurture has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first 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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