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