How To Pronounce Crisp
crisp
UK
Phonemic
/krɪsp/
Phonetic
[kr̥ɪsp̚]
US
Phonemic
/krɪsp/
In British English, crisp is pronounced /krɪsp/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kr̥ɪsp̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /krɪsp/.
Crisp 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
krɪsp
Crisp has one syllable in British English.
crisp + -er
-er (comparative) is /ə/ in UK English and /ɚ/ in US English.
UK
/ˈkrɪs.pə/
US
/ˈkrɪs.pɚ/
crisp + -est
-est (superlative) is always /ɪst/.
UK
/ˈkrɪs.pɪst/
US
/ˈkrɪs.pɪst/
Questions About Crisp
How do you pronounce crisp in British English?
In British English, crisp is pronounced /krɪsp/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kr̥ɪsp̚].
How do you pronounce crisp in American English?
In American English, crisp is pronounced /krɪsp/.
Do British and American English pronounce crisp the same way?
Yes. Both are /krɪsp/.
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