How To Pronounce Hoot
hoot
UK
Phonemic
/huːt/
Phonetic
[hʷuːt̚]
US
Phonemic
/huːt/
In British English, hoot is pronounced /huːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [hʷuːt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /huːt/.
Hoot 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
huːt
Hoot has one syllable in British English.
hoot + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/huːts/
US
/huːts/
hoot + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /ɪd/ after /t/ or /d/.
UK
/ˈhuː.tɪd/
US
/ˈhuː.t̯ɪd/
hoot + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈhuː.tɪŋ/
US
/ˈhuː.t̯ɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Hoot
Questions About Hoot
How do you pronounce hoot in British English?
In British English, hoot is pronounced /huːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [hʷuːt̚].
How do you pronounce hoot in American English?
In American English, hoot is pronounced /huːt/.
Do British and American English pronounce hoot the same way?
Yes. Both are /huːt/.
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