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How to pronounce brooms

Say it like BROOMZ. Brooms is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/brumz/BROOMZ
UK British/bruːmz/BROOMZ
  • BROOMZ
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Brooms pronunciation, sound by sound

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  1. BROOMZSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "oo" in food.

American vs British pronunciation of brooms

American and British speakers say brooms in essentially the same way: /brumz/ in the US and /bruːmz/ in the UK.

British respelling: BROOMZ.

What does brooms mean?

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

Questions about saying brooms

How do you pronounce brooms?

Say BROOMZ. The American pronunciation is /brumz/. In British English it is /bruːmz/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in brooms?

Brooms is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress. Broken into parts: BROOMZ.

Do Americans and Brits say brooms the same way?

Almost exactly. The American form is /brumz/ and the British form is /bruːmz/, so you can use either pronunciation with any listener.

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