How To Pronounce Scorn
scorn
UK
Phonemic
/skɔːn/
Phonetic
[skʷɔ̃ːʴn]
US
Phonemic
/skɔːrn/
In British English, scorn is pronounced /skɔːn/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [skʷɔ̃ːʴn]. In American English, it is pronounced /skɔːrn/.
Scorn 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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