How To Pronounce Cool
cool
UK
Phonemic
/kuːl/
Phonetic
[kʰʷuːɫ]
US
Phonemic
/kuːl/
In British English, cool is pronounced /kuːl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kʰʷuːɫ]. In American English, it is pronounced /kuːl/.
Cool 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
kuːl
Cool has one syllable in British English.
cool + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/kuːlz/
US
/kuːlz/
cool + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /d/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/kuːld/
US
/kuːld/
cool + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈkuː.lɪŋ/
US
/ˈkuː.lɪŋ/
cool + -er
-er (comparative) is /ə/ in UK English and /ɚ/ in US English.
UK
/ˈkuː.lə/
US
/ˈkuː.lɚ/
cool + -est
-est (superlative) is always /ɪst/.
UK
/ˈkuː.lɪst/
US
/ˈkuː.lɪst/
Words That Rhyme With Cool
Questions About Cool
How do you pronounce cool in British English?
In British English, cool is pronounced /kuːl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kʰʷuːɫ].
How do you pronounce cool in American English?
In American English, cool is pronounced /kuːl/.
Do British and American English pronounce cool the same way?
Yes. Both are /kuːl/.
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