How To Pronounce Work
work
UK
Phonemic
/wɜːk/
Phonetic
[wɜːʴk̚]
US
Phonemic
/wɜːrk/
In British English, work is pronounced /wɜːk/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [wɜːʴk̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /wɜːrk/.
Work 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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