How To Pronounce Strong
strong
UK
Phonemic
/strɒŋ/
Phonetic
[str̥ʷɒ̃ŋ]
US
Phonemic
/strɔːŋ/
In British English, strong is pronounced /strɒŋ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [str̥ʷɒ̃ŋ]. In American English, it is pronounced /strɔːŋ/.
Strong 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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