How To Pronounce Bough
bough
UK
Phonemic
/baʊ/
Phonetic
[baʊ]
US
Phonemic
/baʊ/
In British English, bough is pronounced /baʊ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [baʊ]. In American English, it is pronounced /baʊ/.
Bough 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
baʊ
Bough has one syllable in British English.
bough + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/baʊz/
US
/baʊz/
Words That Rhyme With Bough
Questions About Bough
How do you pronounce bough in British English?
In British English, bough is pronounced /baʊ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [baʊ].
How do you pronounce bough in American English?
In American English, bough is pronounced /baʊ/.
Do British and American English pronounce bough the same way?
Yes. Both are /baʊ/.
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