English pronunciation · Words Starting with E
Earth Pronunciation
Earth is pronounced URTH, IPA /ˈɝθ/.
URTH
US /ˈɝθ/ · UK /ˈɜːθ/
Syllables: URTH (1 syllable)
noun: The planet we live on, or soil and ground.
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Earth in a Sentence
- The earth under the hedge was still frozen.
- Nothing on earth would make him apologise.
- They moved tonnes of earth to level the pitch.
Common Mispronunciations of Earth
Not EE-urth
Run the ear together as the single vowel of fur, so the whole word takes one beat.
Not URT
Blow air over the tongue tip for the th of thin. Replacing it with a t is the most common substitution in the word.
Tip: Written with a capital E it names the planet, and in lower case it means soil. British wiring also calls the safety connection the earth, where American wiring says ground.
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