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How to pronounce blowdries

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

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US American/ˈbloʊˌdraɪz/BLOH-dryze
UK British/ˈbləʊˌdraɪz/BLOH-dryze
  • BLOH
  • dryze
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Blowdries 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. dryzeGive this part a little weight. The vowel is the "i" in time.

American vs British pronunciation of blowdries

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

British respelling: BLOH-dryze.

What does blowdries mean?

verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blowdry How to pronounce blowdry
noun
  1. plural of blowdry How to pronounce blowdry

Questions about saying blowdries

How do you pronounce blowdries?

Say BLOH-dryze. The American pronunciation is /ˈbloʊˌdraɪz/. In British English it is /ˈbləʊˌdraɪz/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in blowdries?

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

Is blowdries 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 /ˈbləʊˌdraɪz/ (BLOH-dryze).

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