How to pronounce “drought”
Say “drought” in one beat
drought
/dɹaʊt/
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- droughtdɹaʊt
- IPA (American)
- /dɹaʊt/
- IPA (British)
- /dɹaʊt/
- Respelling
- DROWT
- Syllables
- 1 — drought
- Stress
- One syllable, so the whole word carries the beat — say /dɹaʊt/ in one unbroken piece rather than clipping the vowel.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
What “drought” means
- noun
a shortage of rainfall
“farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season”
- noun
a prolonged shortage
“when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought”
Say it in a sentence
“The drought lasted through the whole of that long summer.”“drought”, answered
How do you pronounce “drought”?
“drought” is pronounced /dɹaʊt/ (DROWT) — one syllable. It is one unbroken piece — /dɹaʊt/ — with no pause anywhere inside it.
How many syllables does “drought” have?
One, despite the 2 vowel letters in the spelling. The whole word is /dɹaʊt/ — a single beat.
What does “drought” mean?
As a noun: a shortage of rainfall For example: “farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “drought”?
One syllable, so the whole word carries the beat — say /dɹaʊt/ in one unbroken piece rather than clipping the vowel.
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