How To Pronounce Thorn

thorn

UK
Phonemic
/θɔːn/
Phonetic
[θʷɔ̃ːʴn]
US
Phonemic
/θɔːrn/

In British English, thorn is pronounced /θɔːn/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [θʷɔ̃ːʴn]. In American English, it is pronounced /θɔːrn/.

Thorn 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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