How to pronounce room in American English

IPA /rum/ Syllables 1 · room Stress 1st syllable

ROOM

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Americans pronounce room as ROOM (/rum/). You'll hear it in sentences like "Move the room around" or "The meeting is in room thirteen" — more examples below.

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

r/r/

Curl or bunch your tongue without letting the tip touch the roof of your mouth. Brace the sides of your tongue against your upper back teeth, and round your lips slightly.

oo/u/

Round your lips into a tight circle. Let your tongue rest in the middle of your mouth, slightly raised.

m/m/

Press your lips together. Air flows through your nose. Vocal cords vibrate.

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Hear "room" in the wild.

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"He keeps a tropical fish tank in his living room."

hee KEEPS uh TRAH·puh·kuhl FIHSH TANGK ihn hihz LIH·vuhng ROOM

"I upgraded the light fixtures in the living room to LED bulbs."

ahy uhp·GRAY·duhd dhuh LAHYT FIHKS·cherz ihn dhuh LIH·vuhng ROOM tuh ehl·ee·DEE BUHLBZ

"It's a truly beautiful view from this room."

ihts uh TROO·lee BYOO·tuh·fuhl VYOO fruhm dhihs ROOM

"Move the loose tool to the new room soon."

MOOV dhuh LOOS TOOL tuh dhuh noo ROOM SOON

"Please hang your coat in the living room."

PLEEZ HANG yer KOHT ihn dhuh LIH·vuhng ROOM

"She expressed her joy by hugging everyone in the room."

shee uhk·SPREHST her JOY bahy HUH·guhng EHV·ree·wuhn uhn dhuh ROOM

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