How To Pronounce Lounge
lounge
UK
Phonemic
/laʊndʒ/
Phonetic
[la͠ʊndʒ]
US
Phonemic
/laʊndʒ/
In British English, lounge is pronounced /laʊndʒ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [la͠ʊndʒ]. In American English, it is pronounced /laʊndʒ/.
Lounge 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
laʊndʒ
Lounge has one syllable in British English.
lounge + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.
UK
/ˈlaʊn.dʒɪz/
US
/ˈlaʊn.dʒɪz/
lounge + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /d/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/laʊndʒd/
US
/laʊndʒd/
lounge + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈlaʊn.dʒɪŋ/
US
/ˈlaʊn.dʒɪŋ/
Questions About Lounge
How do you pronounce lounge in British English?
In British English, lounge is pronounced /laʊndʒ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [la͠ʊndʒ].
How do you pronounce lounge in American English?
In American English, lounge is pronounced /laʊndʒ/.
Do British and American English pronounce lounge the same way?
Yes. Both are /laʊndʒ/.
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