How To Pronounce Room
room
UK
Phonemic
/ruːm/
Phonetic
[rʷũːm]
US
Phonemic
/ruːm/
In British English, room is pronounced /ruːm/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [rʷũːm]. In American English, it is pronounced /ruːm/.
Room 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
ruːm
Room has one syllable in British English.
room + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/ruːmz/
US
/ruːmz/
room + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /d/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/ruːmd/
US
/ruːmd/
room + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈruː.mɪŋ/
US
/ˈruː.mɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Room
Questions About Room
How do you pronounce room in British English?
In British English, room is pronounced /ruːm/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [rʷũːm].
How do you pronounce room in American English?
In American English, room is pronounced /ruːm/.
Do British and American English pronounce room the same way?
Yes. Both are /ruːm/.
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