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How to pronounce trucks

Say it like TRUHKS. Trucks is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/trʌks/TRUHKS
UK British/trʌks/TRUHKS
  • TRUHKS
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Trucks pronunciation, sound by sound

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  1. TRUHKSSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "u" in cup.

American vs British pronunciation of trucks

American and British speakers say trucks in essentially the same way: /trʌks/ in the US and /trʌks/ in the UK.

British respelling: TRUHKS.

What does trucks mean?

noun
  1. plural of truck How to pronounce truck
  2. The game of lawn billiards.
  3. The wheel-set of railroad rolling stock.
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of truck How to pronounce truck

Words that rhyme with trucks

Practicing rhymes is a quick way to lock in the vowel sound of trucks.

Questions about saying trucks

How do you pronounce trucks?

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

How many syllables are in trucks?

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

Do Americans and Brits say trucks the same way?

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

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