How To Pronounce Sean
Sean
UK
Phonemic
/ʃɔːn/
Phonetic
[ʃʷɔ̃ːn]
US
Phonemic
/ʃɔːn/
In British English, Sean is pronounced /ʃɔːn/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ʃʷɔ̃ːn]. In American English, it is pronounced /ʃɔːn/.
Sean has one 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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