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Try LingUp Now!Start with the 'pha' syllable. The 'ph' makes an /f/ sound. The vowel is /ɛ/, like in the word 'bed'. It sounds like 'feh'.
The second syllable 'raoh' sounds like the word 'row' (as in 'row a boat'). Your lips make a small circle for the 'oh' sound.
Combine them: FEH-roh. Put the stress on the first syllable, 'pha'.
Pronouncing 'ph' as /p/ instead of /f/. (PA-row)
Saying 'a-oh' as two separate sounds instead of one smooth 'oh' sound. (feh-RA-oh)
Stressing the second syllable instead of the first. (feh-ROH)
same as American
same as American
There are two syllables: PHA-raoh. The stress is on the first syllable.
The 'ph' makes an /f/ sound, like in 'phone'. Your top teeth should touch your bottom lip.
It sounds like the word 'row' (as in 'row a boat'). It is one smooth sound, not two separate vowels.
A ruler or king in ancient Egypt.
/ˌfɛərɑːˈnɪk/
Relating to the pharaohs or their time.
'Pharaoh' has two syllables with stress on the first (PHA-raoh). 'Pharaonic' has four syllables with stress on the third (pha-ra-O-nic).
Remember that 'ph' almost always sounds like 'f' in English. Think of words like 'phone', 'photo', and 'dolphin'.
The sound of 'pharaoh' rhymes with 'arrow'. If you can say 'arrow', you can say 'pharaoh' by changing the first sound to /f/.
