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