How To Pronounce Huge
huge
UK
Phonemic
/hjuːdʒ/
Phonetic
[hjʷuːdʒ]
US
Phonemic
/hjuːdʒ/
In British English, huge is pronounced /hjuːdʒ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [hjʷuːdʒ]. In American English, it is pronounced /hjuːdʒ/.
Huge 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
hjuːdʒ
Huge has one syllable in British English.
huge + -er
-er (comparative) is /ə/ in UK English and /ɚ/ in US English.
UK
/ˈhjuː.dʒə/
US
/ˈhjuː.dʒɚ/
huge + -est
-est (superlative) is always /ɪst/.
UK
/ˈhjuː.dʒɪst/
US
/ˈhjuː.dʒɪst/
Questions About Huge
How do you pronounce huge in British English?
In British English, huge is pronounced /hjuːdʒ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [hjʷuːdʒ].
How do you pronounce huge in American English?
In American English, huge is pronounced /hjuːdʒ/.
Do British and American English pronounce huge the same way?
Yes. Both are /hjuːdʒ/.
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