How to pronounce foam in American English

IPA /foʊm/ Syllables 1 · fohm Stress 1st syllable
FOHM
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Americans pronounce foam as FOHM (/foʊm/).

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"She waived a foam finger to show her team spirit."
shee WAYVD uh FOHM FIHNG·ger tuh SHOH her TEEM SPIH·ruht
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Is the American pronunciation of "foam" 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 "FOHM" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.

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