How To Pronounce Shrimp
shrimp
UK
Phonemic
/ʃrɪmp/
Phonetic
[ʃrɪ̃mp̚]
US
Phonemic
/ʃrɪmp/
In British English, shrimp is pronounced /ʃrɪmp/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ʃrɪ̃mp̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ʃrɪmp/.
Shrimp 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
ʃrɪmp
Shrimp has one syllable in British English.
shrimp + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/ʃrɪmps/
US
/ʃrɪmps/
Words That Rhyme With Shrimp
Questions About Shrimp
How do you pronounce shrimp in British English?
In British English, shrimp is pronounced /ʃrɪmp/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ʃrɪ̃mp̚].
How do you pronounce shrimp in American English?
In American English, shrimp is pronounced /ʃrɪmp/.
Do British and American English pronounce shrimp the same way?
Yes. Both are /ʃrɪmp/.
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