Native Phrase Lab
WillowbrookWord 328 of 545 · Food and drink
How to pronounce prawn
/prɔːn/ British English
PRAWN
1 beat (syllable).
a Coloured letters don’t sound the way they look.
✗ Many people say
PROWN
✓ Say
PRAWN
My tip
aw rhymes with born: PRAWN.
In a sentence
I’ll have the prawn sandwich, please.
Now you say it
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Questions
How do you pronounce prawn?
In British English, prawn is pronounced /prɔːn/. Say it like this: PRAWN. aw rhymes with born: PRAWN.
How many syllables are in prawn?
When you say it, prawn has 1 syllable: PRAWN.