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