How to pronounce “phone”
Say “phone” in one beat
phone
/foʊn/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /fəʊn/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- phonefoʊn
- IPA (American)
- /foʊn/
- IPA (British)
- /fəʊn/
- Respelling
- FOHN
- Syllables
- 1 — phone
- Stress
- One syllable, so the whole word carries the beat — say /foʊn/ in one unbroken piece rather than clipping the vowel.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Difficulty
- Beginner — most learners get this on the first take
American and British are not the same here
/foʊn/
/fəʊn/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “phone” means
- noun
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
“I talked to him on the telephone”
- noun
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
- noun
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
“it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked”
Say it in a sentence
“He left his phone charging on the kitchen counter.”“phone”, answered
How do you pronounce “phone”?
“phone” is pronounced /foʊn/ (FOHN) in American English and /fəʊn/ in British English — one syllable. It is one unbroken piece — /foʊn/ — with no pause anywhere inside it.
How many syllables does “phone” have?
One, despite the 2 vowel letters in the spelling. The whole word is /foʊn/ — a single beat.
Is “phone” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /foʊn/ (FOHN); British English says /fəʊn/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “phone” mean?
As a noun: electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds For example: “I talked to him on the telephone” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “phone”?
One syllable, so the whole word carries the beat — say /foʊn/ in one unbroken piece rather than clipping the vowel.
Now say “phone” and see every sound
Record it once and sayit lines your audio up against the target sound by sound — what landed, what slipped, and what it sounded like instead.