Phoneme
/oʊ/

/oʊ/ as in "rose"

/oʊ/ is a diphthong /o/ → /ʊ/ of General American English, as in "rose" and "rope." To produce it, lips round, tongue glides back. Phoneme provides native-speaker audio and minimal-pair contrasts so learners can hear and practice this vowel.

/oʊ/rose
rosealso: rope
Isolated sound
"rose"

How to make /oʊ/

diphthong /o/ → /ʊ/ — lips round, tongue glides back.

Also written as

/əʊ/
the British RP GOAT diphthong; same word set, different starting point