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How to pronounce swabs

Say it like SWAHBZ. Swabs is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/swɑbz/SWAHBZ
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  • SWAHBZ
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Swabs pronunciation, sound by sound

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

What does swabs mean?

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

Questions about saying swabs

How do you pronounce swabs?

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

How many syllables are in swabs?

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

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