English pronunciation · Words Starting with G
Glow Pronunciation
Glow is pronounced GLOH, IPA /ˈgloʊ/.
GLOH
US /ˈgloʊ/ · UK /ˈgləʊ/
Syllables: GLOH (1 syllable)
noun and verb: A steady soft light, or to give off such a light.
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Glow in a Sentence
- A faint glow came from under the door.
- The embers glow for hours.
- Her face had a glow after the walk.
Common Mispronunciations of Glow
Not GLOW
Round the vowel into a long oh, as snow and grow do. Reading the ow as the ow of how gives a different word entirely.
Not guh-LOH
No vowel belongs between the g and the l, so gl begins the word as one cluster.
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