How To Pronounce Shoot
shoot
UK
Phonemic
/ʃuːt/
Phonetic
[ʃʷuːt̚]
US
Phonemic
/ʃuːt/
In British English, shoot is pronounced /ʃuːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ʃʷuːt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ʃuːt/.
Shoot 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
ʃuːt
Shoot has one syllable in British English.
shoot + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/ʃuːts/
US
/ʃuːts/
shoot + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈʃuː.tɪŋ/
US
/ˈʃuː.t̯ɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Shoot
Questions About Shoot
How do you pronounce shoot in British English?
In British English, shoot is pronounced /ʃuːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ʃʷuːt̚].
How do you pronounce shoot in American English?
In American English, shoot is pronounced /ʃuːt/.
Do British and American English pronounce shoot the same way?
Yes. Both are /ʃuːt/.
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