How To Pronounce Wasp
wasp
UK
Phonemic
/wɒsp/
Phonetic
[wɒsp̚]
US
Phonemic
/wɑːsp/
In British English, wasp is pronounced /wɒsp/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [wɒsp̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /wɑːsp/.
Wasp 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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