How To Pronounce Crowd
crowd
UK
Phonemic
/kraʊd/
Phonetic
[kr̥aʊd̚]
US
Phonemic
/kraʊd/
In British English, crowd is pronounced /kraʊd/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kr̥aʊd̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /kraʊd/.
Crowd 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
kraʊd
Crowd has one syllable in British English.
crowd + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/kraʊdz/
US
/kraʊdz/
crowd + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /ɪd/ after /t/ or /d/.
UK
/ˈkraʊ.dɪd/
US
/ˈkraʊ.dɪd/
crowd + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈkraʊ.dɪŋ/
US
/ˈkraʊ.dɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Crowd
Questions About Crowd
How do you pronounce crowd in British English?
In British English, crowd is pronounced /kraʊd/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kr̥aʊd̚].
How do you pronounce crowd in American English?
In American English, crowd is pronounced /kraʊd/.
Do British and American English pronounce crowd the same way?
Yes. Both are /kraʊd/.
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