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