How To Pronounce Reform
reform
UK
Phonemic
/rɪˈfɔːm/
Phonetic
[rɪˈfʷɔ̃ːʴm]
US
Phonemic
/rɪˈfɔːrm/
In British English, reform is pronounced /rɪˈfɔːm/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [rɪˈfʷɔ̃ːʴm]. In American English, it is pronounced /rɪˈfɔːrm/.
Reform has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the second 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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