How to pronounce fowl
Say it like FOWL. Fowl is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.
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- FOWL
- Main stress
- Lighter stress
- Unstressed
Fowl pronunciation, sound by sound
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- FOWLSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "ow" in now.
American vs British pronunciation of fowl
American and British speakers say fowl in essentially the same way: /faʊl/ in the US and /faʊl/ in the UK.
British respelling: FOWL.
What does fowl mean?
- A bird hunted or kept for food, grouped into landfowl (order Galliformes), also called gamefowl, and waterfowl (order Anseriformes: ducks, geese, swans, etc.), which together form the clade Galloanserae.
- To hunt fowl.“We took our guns and went fowling.”
- To use or traverse in pursuit of fowls.
Where does fowl come from?
From Middle English foul, foghel, fowel, fowele, from Old English fugol (“bird”), from Proto-West Germanic *fugl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz, dissimilated variant of *fluglaz (compare Old English flugol ‘fleeing’, Mercian fluglas heofun ‘b
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Words that rhyme with fowl
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Questions about saying fowl
How do you pronounce fowl?
Say FOWL. The American pronunciation is /faʊl/. In British English it is /faʊl/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.
How many syllables are in fowl?
Fowl is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress. Broken into parts: FOWL.
Do Americans and Brits say fowl the same way?
Almost exactly. The American form is /faʊl/ and the British form is /faʊl/, so you can use either pronunciation with any listener.