How To Pronounce Blue
blue
UK
Phonemic
/bluː/
Phonetic
[blʷuː]
US
Phonemic
/bluː/
In British English, blue is pronounced /bluː/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [blʷuː]. In American English, it is pronounced /bluː/.
Blue has one syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.
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.
Syllables, Stress And Endings
Syllables And Stress
bluː
Blue has one syllable in British English.
blue + -er
-er (comparative) is /ə/ in UK English and /ɚ/ in US English.
UK
/ˈbluː.ə/
US
/ˈbluː.ɚ/
blue + -est
-est (superlative) is always /ɪst/.
UK
/ˈbluː.ɪst/
US
/ˈbluː.ɪst/
Words That Rhyme With Blue
Questions About Blue
How do you pronounce blue in British English?
In British English, blue is pronounced /bluː/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [blʷuː].
How do you pronounce blue in American English?
In American English, blue is pronounced /bluː/.
Do British and American English pronounce blue the same way?
Yes. Both are /bluː/.
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