How To Pronounce Want
want
UK
Phonemic
/wɒnt/
Phonetic
[wɒ̃nt̚]
US
Phonemic
/wɑːnt/
In British English, want is pronounced /wɒnt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [wɒ̃nt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /wɑːnt/.
Want 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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