How To Pronounce Wake up
wake up
In British English, wake up is pronounced /ˌweɪkˈʌp/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌweɪkˈʌp̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˌweɪkˈʌp/.
Wake up has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the second 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
Wake up has two syllables in British English, and the main stress is on the second syllable, shown in colour above. Its stress pattern is oO, where O is the stressed syllable.
Questions About Wake up
How do you pronounce wake up in British English?
In British English, wake up is pronounced /ˌweɪkˈʌp/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌweɪkˈʌp̚].
How do you pronounce wake up in American English?
In American English, wake up is pronounced /ˌweɪkˈʌp/.
How many syllables are in wake up?
Wake up has two syllables, /weɪk/ + /ʌp/.
Where is the stress in wake up?
The main stress is on the second syllable, /ʌp/.
Do British and American English pronounce wake up the same way?
Yes. Both are /ˌweɪkˈʌp/.
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