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