How To Pronounce Smart
smart
UK
Phonemic
/smɑːt/
Phonetic
[smɑːʴt̚]
US
Phonemic
/smɑːrt/
In British English, smart is pronounced /smɑːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [smɑːʴt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /smɑːrt/.
Smart 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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