How To Pronounce Sound
sound
UK
Phonemic
/saʊnd/
Phonetic
[saʊ̃nd̚]
US
Phonemic
/saʊnd/
In British English, sound is pronounced /saʊnd/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [saʊ̃nd̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /saʊnd/.
Sound 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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