To pronounce "far", say FAR — one syllable, IPA /fɑː/. Tap play below to hear it in four English accents, or practice it syllable by syllable.
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/fɑː/
IPA
"far" is a single-syllable word — say it in one clean beat. It rhymes with char and bar, if that helps it stick.
Sounds exactly like: farr, fahr, pfarr, phar — easy to mix up when writing.
adjective
“He went to a far land.”
“the far future”
adverb
“He built a time machine and travelled far into the future.”
“He was far richer than we'd thought.”
Practicing rhymes trains the same ending sounds.
"Far" has one syllable.
The IPA transcription of "far" is /fɑː/.
Far: Distant; remote in space.
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