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How to pronounce dooms

Say it like DOOMZ. Dooms is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/dumz/DOOMZ
UK British/duːmz/DOOMZ
  • DOOMZ
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Dooms pronunciation, sound by sound

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

American vs British pronunciation of dooms

American and British speakers say dooms in essentially the same way: /dumz/ in the US and /duːmz/ in the UK.

British respelling: DOOMZ.

What does dooms mean?

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

Questions about saying dooms

How do you pronounce dooms?

Say DOOMZ. The American pronunciation is /dumz/. In British English it is /duːmz/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in dooms?

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

Do Americans and Brits say dooms the same way?

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

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