How to pronounce gas in American English

IPA /gæs/ Syllables 1 · gas Stress 1st syllable

GAS

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Americans pronounce gas as GAS (/gæs/). You'll hear it in sentences like "Go get the gas" or "The price of gas is going up" — more examples below.

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1 syllable, 3 sounds. Explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.

g/g/

Raise the back of your tongue to touch the soft palate. Add vocal cord vibration, then release.

a/æ/

Drop the jaw noticeably. Keep the body of the tongue low and forward, and don't let the back of the tongue raise toward the soft palate. Pull the lip corners back slightly, almost a starting smile.

s/s/

Place your tongue tip near the roof of your mouth behind your top teeth. Push air through the narrow gap. No voicing.

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"Go get the gas."

GOH GEHT dhuh GAS

"He measured the temperature and pressure of the gas."

hee MEH·zherd dhuh TEHM·pruh·cher and PREH·sher uhv dhuh GAS

"I guess we're running out of gas again."

ahy GEHS weer RUH·nuhng OWT uhv GAS uh·GEHN

"I need to fill up the gas tank before the road trip."

ahy NEED tuh FIHL UHP dhuh GAS TANGK buh·FOR dhuh ROHD TRIHP

"The government implemented policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."

dhuh GUH·vern·muhnt IHM·pluh·mehn·tuhd PAH·luh·seez tuh ruh·DOOS GREEN·hows GAS uh·MIH·shuhnz

"The price of gas is going up."

dhuh PRAHYS uhv GAS ihz GOH·uhng UHP

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Is the American pronunciation of "gas" 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 "GAS" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.