How To Pronounce Roof
roof
UK
Phonemic
/ruːf/
Phonetic
[rʷuːf]
US
Phonemic
/ruːf/
In British English, roof is pronounced /ruːf/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [rʷuːf]. In American English, it is pronounced /ruːf/.
Roof 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
ruːf
Roof has one syllable in British English.
roof + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/ruːfs/
US
/ruːfs/
roof + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /t/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/ruːft/
US
/ruːft/
roof + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈruː.fɪŋ/
US
/ˈruː.fɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Roof
Questions About Roof
How do you pronounce roof in British English?
In British English, roof is pronounced /ruːf/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [rʷuːf].
How do you pronounce roof in American English?
In American English, roof is pronounced /ruːf/.
Do British and American English pronounce roof the same way?
Yes. Both are /ruːf/.
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