How to pronounce “palm”
Say “palm” in one beat
palm
/pɑm/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /pɑːm/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- palmpɑm
- IPA (American)
- /pɑm/
- IPA (British)
- /pɑːm/
- Also accepted
- /pɑlm/
- Respelling
- PAHM
- Syllables
- 1 — palm
- Stress
- One syllable, so the whole word carries the beat — say /pɑm/ in one unbroken piece rather than clipping the vowel.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/pɑm/
/pɑːm/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
Where “palm” goes wrong
- Often heard
“PALM with an l”
the l is silent: PAHM
What “palm” means
- noun
the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
- noun
a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand
- noun
any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
Say it in a sentence
“She held the small stone in the palm of her hand.”“palm”, answered
How do you pronounce “palm”?
“palm” is pronounced /pɑm/ (PAHM) in American English and /pɑːm/ in British English, and /pɑlm/ is also accepted — one syllable. It is one unbroken piece — /pɑm/ — with no pause anywhere inside it.
How many syllables does “palm” have?
One, despite the 1 vowel letters in the spelling. The whole word is /pɑm/ — a single beat.
Is “palm” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /pɑm/ (PAHM); British English says /pɑːm/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “palm” mean?
As a noun: the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers For example: “She held the small stone in the palm of her hand.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “palm”?
One syllable, so the whole word carries the beat — say /pɑm/ in one unbroken piece rather than clipping the vowel.
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