how to pronounce sound

/saʊnd/

audio example by a male speaker

audio example by a female speaker

the above transcription of sound is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

sound is pronounced in one syllable

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1. example pitch curve for pronunciation of sound

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video examples of sound pronunciation

An example use of sound in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… okay with the sound 60% of the women in …”

meaning of sound

Sound is a noise that can be heard by the human ear.

sound frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word sound occurs in english on average 145.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics sound can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that sound can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;