How To Pronounce Crave
crave
UK
Phonemic
/kreɪv/
Phonetic
[kr̥eɪv]
US
Phonemic
/kreɪv/
In British English, crave is pronounced /kreɪv/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kr̥eɪv]. In American English, it is pronounced /kreɪv/.
Crave 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
kreɪv
Crave has one syllable in British English.
crave + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/kreɪvz/
US
/kreɪvz/
crave + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /d/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/kreɪvd/
US
/kreɪvd/
crave + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈkreɪ.vɪŋ/
US
/ˈkreɪ.vɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Crave
Questions About Crave
How do you pronounce crave in British English?
In British English, crave is pronounced /kreɪv/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kr̥eɪv].
How do you pronounce crave in American English?
In American English, crave is pronounced /kreɪv/.
Do British and American English pronounce crave the same way?
Yes. Both are /kreɪv/.
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