How To Pronounce Trawl
trawl
UK
Phonemic
/trɔːl/
Phonetic
[tr̥ʷɔːɫ]
US
Phonemic
/trɔːl/
In British English, trawl is pronounced /trɔːl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [tr̥ʷɔːɫ]. In American English, it is pronounced /trɔːl/.
Trawl 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
trɔːl
Trawl has one syllable in British English.
trawl + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/trɔːlz/
US
/trɔːlz/
trawl + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /d/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/trɔːld/
US
/trɔːld/
trawl + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈtrɔː.lɪŋ/
US
/ˈtrɔː.lɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Trawl
Questions About Trawl
How do you pronounce trawl in British English?
In British English, trawl is pronounced /trɔːl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [tr̥ʷɔːɫ].
How do you pronounce trawl in American English?
In American English, trawl is pronounced /trɔːl/.
Do British and American English pronounce trawl the same way?
Yes. Both are /trɔːl/.
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