--- title: "How to pronounce brooch | Murmur" description: "Brooch has two CMUdict forms, BROOCH (B R UW1 CH) and BROHCH (B R OW1 CH); the second rhymes with \"coach\"." canonical: "https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/brooch" --- [Murmur](https://www.murmurtts.com/)/[Pronunciation](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation)/brooch Pronunciation · Everyday language # How to pronounce brooch Brooch has two CMUdict forms, BROOCH (B R UW1 CH) and BROHCH (B R OW1 CH); the second rhymes with "coach". [Buy $49](https://murmur-licenses.tarunyadav9761.workers.dev/checkout)[Download free for Apple Silicon (3-day Pro trial)](https://murmur-updates.tarunyadav9761.workers.dev/download/latest)Intel Mac? [Download here](https://murmur-updates.tarunyadav9761.workers.dev/download/intel).Not sure? Apple menu > About This Mac shows your chip. Free plan with Kokoro voices, 3,000 characters a day · 3-day Pro trial, then $49 once ## The dictionary sound sequence CMUdict lists these 2 North American English pronunciations for **brooch**. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: **1** primary, **2** secondary, **0** unstressed. Dictionary variant 1 `B R UW1 CH` **Syllable estimate** 1 vowel nucleus **Primary stress** 1st vowel position Dictionary variant 2 `B R OW1 CH` **Syllable estimate** 1 vowel nucleus **Primary stress** 1st vowel position [Check brooch in Merriam-Webster and listen to available dictionary audio](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brooch). Syllable counts come from vowel tokens; CMUdict does not supply syllable boundaries here. Variant order follows the dictionary and does not rank correctness. This lexicon does not represent every accent or context. ## Use brooch in context Brooch appears in jewelry listings, period dramas and auction catalogs. The oo spelling makes BROOCH the easy guess, and the dictionary lists it first. Order does not mean preference here, and many US dictionaries put the coach rhyme first. 1. She pinned an antique brooch to her coat. 2. The brooch sold at auction for twice its estimate. ### A practice cue Pick one form, then read both examples with it. If you choose the coach rhyme, check that the oo spelling does not pull you back mid-script. ## Read the sound tokens Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of brooch. Unstressed vowels may sound reduced. These cues follow the [CMU phoneme-set key (Appendix A)](https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aria/Papers/MastersThesis.pdf#page=115). `B`sound in **be**consonant`R`sound in **read**consonant`UW`sound in **two**vowel`CH`sound in **cheese**consonant`OW`sound in **oat**vowel Take it to your next recording ## Make an audition worksheet Select a dictionary variant for your checklist. 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