How To Pronounce Blunt
blunt
UK
Phonemic
/blʌnt/
Phonetic
[blʌ̃nt̚]
US
Phonemic
/blʌnt/
In British English, blunt is pronounced /blʌnt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [blʌ̃nt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /blʌnt/.
Blunt 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
blʌnt
Blunt has one syllable in British English.
blunt + -er
-er (comparative) is /ə/ in UK English and /ɚ/ in US English.
UK
/ˈblʌn.tə/
US
/ˈblʌn.t̯ɚ/
blunt + -est
-est (superlative) is always /ɪst/.
UK
/ˈblʌn.tɪst/
US
/ˈblʌn.t̯ɪst/
Words That Rhyme With Blunt
Questions About Blunt
How do you pronounce blunt in British English?
In British English, blunt is pronounced /blʌnt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [blʌ̃nt̚].
How do you pronounce blunt in American English?
In American English, blunt is pronounced /blʌnt/.
Do British and American English pronounce blunt the same way?
Yes. Both are /blʌnt/.
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