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How to pronounce youths

Say it like YOOTHZ. Youths is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/juðz/YOOTHZ
UK British/juːðz/YOOTHZ
  • YOOTHZ
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Youths pronunciation, sound by sound

Read the parts left to right, then blend them together without pausing.

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

American vs British pronunciation of youths

American and British speakers say youths in essentially the same way: /juðz/ in the US and /juːðz/ in the UK.

British respelling: YOOTHZ.

What does youths mean?

noun
  1. plural of youth How to pronounce youth

Questions about saying youths

How do you pronounce youths?

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

How many syllables are in youths?

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

Do Americans and Brits say youths the same way?

Almost exactly. The American form is /juðz/ and the British form is /juːðz/, 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).