How To Pronounce Crude
crude
UK
Phonemic
/kruːd/
Phonetic
[kr̥ʷuːd̚]
US
Phonemic
/kruːd/
In British English, crude is pronounced /kruːd/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kr̥ʷuːd̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /kruːd/.
Crude 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
kruːd
Crude has one syllable in British English.
crude + -er
-er (comparative) is /ə/ in UK English and /ɚ/ in US English.
UK
/ˈkruː.də/
US
/ˈkruː.dɚ/
crude + -est
-est (superlative) is always /ɪst/.
UK
/ˈkruː.dɪst/
US
/ˈkruː.dɪst/
Words That Rhyme With Crude
Questions About Crude
How do you pronounce crude in British English?
In British English, crude is pronounced /kruːd/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kr̥ʷuːd̚].
How do you pronounce crude in American English?
In American English, crude is pronounced /kruːd/.
Do British and American English pronounce crude the same way?
Yes. Both are /kruːd/.
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