How To Pronounce Crush
crush
UK
Phonemic
/krʌʃ/
Phonetic
[kr̥ʌʃ]
US
Phonemic
/krʌʃ/
In British English, crush is pronounced /krʌʃ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kr̥ʌʃ]. In American English, it is pronounced /krʌʃ/.
Crush 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
krʌʃ
Crush has one syllable in British English.
crush + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.
UK
/ˈkrʌʃ.ɪz/
US
/ˈkrʌʃ.ɪz/
crush + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /t/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/krʌʃt/
US
/krʌʃt/
crush + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈkrʌʃ.ɪŋ/
US
/ˈkrʌʃ.ɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Crush
Questions About Crush
How do you pronounce crush in British English?
In British English, crush is pronounced /krʌʃ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kr̥ʌʃ].
How do you pronounce crush in American English?
In American English, crush is pronounced /krʌʃ/.
Do British and American English pronounce crush the same way?
Yes. Both are /krʌʃ/.
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