How To Pronounce Drought
drought
UK
Phonemic
/draʊt/
Phonetic
[draʊt̚]
US
Phonemic
/draʊt/
In British English, drought is pronounced /draʊt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [draʊt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /draʊt/.
Drought 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
draʊt
Drought has one syllable in British English.
drought + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/draʊts/
US
/draʊts/
Words That Rhyme With Drought
Questions About Drought
How do you pronounce drought in British English?
In British English, drought is pronounced /draʊt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [draʊt̚].
How do you pronounce drought in American English?
In American English, drought is pronounced /draʊt/.
Do British and American English pronounce drought the same way?
Yes. Both are /draʊt/.
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