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