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