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