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