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How to pronounce calms

Say it like KAHMZ. Calms is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/kɑmz/KAHMZ
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  • KAHMZ
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Calms pronunciation, sound by sound

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  1. KAHMZSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "ah" in father.

What does calms mean?

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

Questions about saying calms

How do you pronounce calms?

Say KAHMZ. The American pronunciation is /kɑmz/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in calms?

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

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