How to pronounce dawn in American English
DAHN
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Americans pronounce dawn as DAHN (/dɑn/).
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"The rooster crows at dawn to wake everyone up."
dhuh ROO·ster KROHZ uht DAHN tuh WAYK EHV·ree·wuhn UHP
"The strong coffee kept him up until dawn."
dhuh STRAHNG KAH·fee KEHPT hihm UHP uhn·TIHL DAHN
"The zookeeper feeds the animals every morning at dawn."
dhuh ZOO·kee·per FEEDZ dhee A·nuh·muhlz EHV·ree MOR·nuhng uht DAHN
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Is the American pronunciation of "dawn" different from British English?
American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "DAHN" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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