How To Pronounce Wound
wound
stress changesNoun (an injury)
UK
Phonemic
/wuːnd/
Phonetic
[wũːnd̚]
US
Phonemic
/wuːnd/
Past form of wind
UK
Phonemic
/waʊnd/
Phonetic
[wa͠ʊnd̚]
US
Phonemic
/waʊnd/
Wound has more than one pronunciation, depending on how it is used.
Noun (an injury). It is /wuːnd/ in British English and /wuːnd/ in American English.
Past form of wind. It is /waʊnd/ in British English and /waʊnd/ in American English.
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 (Noun (an injury))
wuːnd
Wound has one syllable in British English.
an injury + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/wuːndz/
US
/wuːndz/
Syllables And Stress (Past form of wind)
waʊnd
Wound has one syllable in British English.
Questions About Wound
How do you pronounce wound in British English?
Noun (an injury), /wuːnd/. Past form of wind, /waʊnd/.
How do you pronounce wound in American English?
Noun (an injury), /wuːnd/. Past form of wind, /waʊnd/.
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