How to pronounce truck
truck
/trʌk/
1 syllable
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Truck, sound by sound
| /t/as in ten | Tongue tip on the ridge behind the upper teeth, not on the teeth. With a light puff of air. |
| /r/as in red | The tongue curls back and touches nothing. No tap, no trill. |
| /ʌ/as in cup | A short, relaxed “uh”; the mouth is barely open. |
| /k/as in cat | With a light puff of air at the start of a word. |
In a sentence
A dog was run over by a truck.
More words with the /r/ sound
- qatar/kʌˈtɑːr/
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- genre/ˈʒɑːnrə/
- versailles/verˈsaɪ/
- khmer/kmer/
- uranus/ˈjuːrənəs/
- february/ˈfebjəweri/
- kyrgyzstan/ˈkɪrgɪstæn/
- route/ruːt/
Questions and answers
How do you pronounce truck?
Truck is pronounced /trʌk/ in American English.
How many syllables are in truck?
Truck has 1 syllable.