CRAYON | Pronunciation In English By Cambridge Dictionary

English pronunciation of crayon

crayon

How to pronounce crayon UK/ˈkreɪ.ɒn/ US/ˈkreɪ.ɑːn/ More about phonetic symbols UK/ˈkreɪ.ɒn/ crayon

• /k/ as in cat
• /r/ as in run
• /eɪ/ as in day
• /ɒ/ as in sock
• /n/ as in name

US/ˈkreɪ.ɑːn/ crayon

• /k/ as in cat
• /r/ as in run
• /eɪ/ as in day
• /ɑː/ as in father
• /n/ as in name

(English pronunciations of crayon from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus and from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary, both sources © Cambridge University Press)

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