How To Pronounce Urge
urge
UK
Phonemic
/ɜːdʒ/
Phonetic
[ɜːʴdʒ]
US
Phonemic
/ɜːrdʒ/
In British English, urge is pronounced /ɜːdʒ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɜːʴdʒ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ɜːrdʒ/.
Urge 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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