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How to pronounce juror

Juror is pronounced JOOR-er in American English and JOOR-uh in British English. It has two syllables with the stress on the first, which sounds like the start of jury. The second syllable is weak: er in the US, uh in the UK.

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  • 2 syllables
  • Stress on JOOR
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juror

Two syllables, stress on the first

noun · a member of a jury, the group of people who decide a court case

  1. JOORdʒʊr (stressed)
  2. erɚ
  • US /ˈdʒʊr.ɚ/JOOR-er Recorded voice
  • UK /ˈdʒʊə.rə/JOOR-uh Your device’s voice

IPA checked in the Cambridge Dictionary and Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries. The recording is American English.

Juror, sound by sound

Each sound in the IPA, with a word you already know that has it.

US American English/ˈdʒʊr.ɚ/

  1. JOORstressed

    • /dʒ/as in jam
    • /ʊ/as in put
    • /r/as in red

  2. er

    • /ɚ/as in mother (US)

UK British English/ˈdʒʊə.rə/

  1. JOORstressed

    • /dʒ/as in jam
    • /ʊə/as in pure (UK)

  2. uh

    • /r/as in red
    • /ə/as in about

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Tip. JOOR starts with j as in jury, then the oo of good and an r. After it, add a short er.

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    Common juror pronunciation mistakes

    What people often say instead, and how to fix it. Say JOOR-er.

    • NotYOOR-er

      Reading j as y, as in German or Dutch. English j is the sound at the start of jury and jam.

    • Notjoo-ROR

      Stressing the second syllable, as in many European languages. Stress JOOR and keep the end weak.

    • NotJOOR

      Squeezing it into one syllable. Say two: JOOR, then a short er (US) or uh (UK).

    Juror in a sentence

    Hear each one, slow it down, then say it. Words change a little when they join others, so practise them in sentences too.

    • Each juror listened carefully to the evidence.

    • She was chosen as a juror for a murder trial.

    • One juror asked the judge a question.

    Why is juror hard to say?

    Juror has two r sounds close together, with only short vowels around them. Your tongue has to pull back for r, let go, and pull back again. Words like rural and mirror are hard for the same reason.

    The word came into English from Anglo-French jurour, from the Latin jurare, to swear. A juror is someone who has sworn an oath to judge a case fairly. Jury comes from the same Latin verb.

    The ending is the -or of actor and doctor, which is light in speech: er in American English, uh in British English. Keep it short and keep the stress on JOOR.

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