How To Pronounce Shout
shout
UK
Phonemic
/ʃaʊt/
Phonetic
[ʃaʊt̚]
US
Phonemic
/ʃaʊt/
In British English, shout is pronounced /ʃaʊt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ʃaʊt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ʃaʊt/.
Shout 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
ʃaʊt
Shout has one syllable in British English.
shout + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/ʃaʊts/
US
/ʃaʊts/
shout + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /ɪd/ after /t/ or /d/.
UK
/ˈʃaʊ.tɪd/
US
/ˈʃaʊ.t̯ɪd/
shout + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈʃaʊ.tɪŋ/
US
/ˈʃaʊ.t̯ɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Shout
Questions About Shout
How do you pronounce shout in British English?
In British English, shout is pronounced /ʃaʊt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ʃaʊt̚].
How do you pronounce shout in American English?
In American English, shout is pronounced /ʃaʊt/.
Do British and American English pronounce shout the same way?
Yes. Both are /ʃaʊt/.
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