American English pronunciation

How to pronounce hour

IPA transcription: ['aʊɚ]

Pronunciation variants: ['aʊɚ]['aʊɹ]

Hear “hour” pronounced

['aʊɚ]

Quality: 0.97

['aʊɚ]

Quality: 0.97

['aʊɚ]

Quality: 0.97

Noun

  • a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

    “the job will take more than an hour”

  • clock time

    “the hour is getting late”

  • a special and memorable period

    “it was their finest hour”

  • distance measured by the time taken to cover it

    “we live an hour from the airport”

    “its just 10 minutes away”