How To Pronounce Shrewd

shrewd

UK
Phonemic
/ʃruːd/
Phonetic
[ʃrʷuːd̚]
US
Phonemic
/ʃruːd/

In British English, shrewd is pronounced /ʃruːd/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ʃrʷuːd̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ʃruːd/.

Shrewd 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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