How To Pronounce Dry
dry
UK
Phonemic
/draɪ/
Phonetic
[draɪ]
US
Phonemic
/draɪ/
In British English, dry is pronounced /draɪ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [draɪ]. In American English, it is pronounced /draɪ/.
Dry 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
draɪ
Dry has one syllable in British English.
dry + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/draɪz/
US
/draɪz/
dry + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /d/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/draɪd/
US
/draɪd/
dry + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈdraɪ.ɪŋ/
US
/ˈdraɪ.ɪŋ/
dry + -er
-er (comparative) is /ə/ in UK English and /ɚ/ in US English.
UK
/ˈdraɪ.ə/
US
/ˈdraɪ.ɚ/
dry + -est
-est (superlative) is always /ɪst/.
UK
/ˈdraɪ.ɪst/
US
/ˈdraɪ.ɪst/
Words That Rhyme With Dry
Questions About Dry
How do you pronounce dry in British English?
In British English, dry is pronounced /draɪ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [draɪ].
How do you pronounce dry in American English?
In American English, dry is pronounced /draɪ/.
Do British and American English pronounce dry the same way?
Yes. Both are /draɪ/.
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