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How to pronounce blowdried

Say it like BLOH-dryde. Blowdried has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first one (BLOH).

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US American/ˈbloʊˌdraɪd/BLOH-dryde
UK British/ˈbləʊˌdraɪd/BLOH-dryde
  • BLOH
  • dryde
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Blowdried pronunciation, sound by sound

Read the parts left to right, then blend them together without pausing.

  1. BLOHSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "o" in go.
  2. drydeGive this part a little weight. The vowel is the "i" in time.

American vs British pronunciation of blowdried

  • The long o starts further forward in British English, closer to "uh-oo" than the American "oh".

British respelling: BLOH-dryde.

What does blowdried mean?

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of blowdry How to pronounce blowdry

Questions about saying blowdried

How do you pronounce blowdried?

Say BLOH-dryde. The American pronunciation is /ˈbloʊˌdraɪd/. In British English it is /ˈbləʊˌdraɪd/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in blowdried?

Blowdried has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first one (BLOH). Broken into parts: BLOH · dryde.

Is blowdried pronounced differently in British English?

Yes. The long o starts further forward in British English, closer to "uh-oo" than the American "oh". The British form is /ˈbləʊˌdraɪd/ (BLOH-dryde).

Pronunciation from CMUdict; meaning and origin adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).