How To Pronounce Crash
crash
UK
Phonemic
/kræʃ/
Phonetic
[kr̥æʃ]
US
Phonemic
/kræʃ/
In British English, crash is pronounced /kræʃ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kr̥æʃ]. In American English, it is pronounced /kræʃ/.
Crash 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
kræʃ
Crash has one syllable in British English.
crash + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.
UK
/ˈkræʃ.ɪz/
US
/ˈkræʃ.ɪz/
crash + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /t/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/kræʃt/
US
/kræʃt/
crash + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈkræʃ.ɪŋ/
US
/ˈkræʃ.ɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Crash
Questions About Crash
How do you pronounce crash in British English?
In British English, crash is pronounced /kræʃ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kr̥æʃ].
How do you pronounce crash in American English?
In American English, crash is pronounced /kræʃ/.
Do British and American English pronounce crash the same way?
Yes. Both are /kræʃ/.
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