How To Pronounce Brood
brood
UK
Phonemic
/bruːd/
Phonetic
[brʷuːd̚]
US
Phonemic
/bruːd/
In British English, brood is pronounced /bruːd/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [brʷuːd̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /bruːd/.
Brood 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
bruːd
Brood has one syllable in British English.
brood + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/bruːdz/
US
/bruːdz/
brood + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /ɪd/ after /t/ or /d/.
UK
/ˈbruː.dɪd/
US
/ˈbruː.dɪd/
brood + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈbruː.dɪŋ/
US
/ˈbruː.dɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Brood
Questions About Brood
How do you pronounce brood in British English?
In British English, brood is pronounced /bruːd/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [brʷuːd̚].
How do you pronounce brood in American English?
In American English, brood is pronounced /bruːd/.
Do British and American English pronounce brood the same way?
Yes. Both are /bruːd/.
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