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