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