How To Pronounce Shrub
shrub
UK
Phonemic
/ʃrʌb/
Phonetic
[ʃrʌb̚]
US
Phonemic
/ʃrʌb/
In British English, shrub is pronounced /ʃrʌb/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ʃrʌb̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ʃrʌb/.
Shrub 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
ʃrʌb
Shrub has one syllable in British English.
shrub + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/ʃrʌbz/
US
/ʃrʌbz/
Words That Rhyme With Shrub
Questions About Shrub
How do you pronounce shrub in British English?
In British English, shrub is pronounced /ʃrʌb/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ʃrʌb̚].
How do you pronounce shrub in American English?
In American English, shrub is pronounced /ʃrʌb/.
Do British and American English pronounce shrub the same way?
Yes. Both are /ʃrʌb/.
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