How to pronounce mushroom
Say it like MUHSH-room. Mushroom has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first one (MUHSH).
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- MUHSH
- room
- Main stress
- Lighter stress
- Unstressed
Mushroom pronunciation, sound by sound
Read the parts left to right, then blend them together without pausing.
- MUHSHSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "u" in cup.
- roomKeep this part quick and light. The vowel is the "oo" in food.
American vs British pronunciation of mushroom
American and British speakers say mushroom in essentially the same way: /ˈmʌʃrum/ in the US and /ˈmʌʃruːm/ in the UK.
British respelling: MUHSH-room.
What does mushroom mean?
- common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
- mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)
- any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium
- pick or gather mushrooms“We went mushrooming in the Fall”
- grow and spread fast“The problem mushroomed”
Where does mushroom come from?
From Middle English muscheron, musseron, from Anglo-Norman musherum, moscheron, from Old French moisseron, of obscure origin: probably derived from Old French mosse, moise ("moss"; whence also French mousse), as the use first applied to a t
Questions about saying mushroom
How do you pronounce mushroom?
Say MUHSH-room. The American pronunciation is /ˈmʌʃrum/. In British English it is /ˈmʌʃruːm/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.
How many syllables are in mushroom?
Mushroom has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first one (MUHSH). Broken into parts: MUHSH · room.
Do Americans and Brits say mushroom the same way?
Almost exactly. The American form is /ˈmʌʃrum/ and the British form is /ˈmʌʃruːm/, so you can use either pronunciation with any listener.