How To Pronounce Beach
beach
UK
Phonemic
/biːtʃ/
Phonetic
[biːtʃ]
US
Phonemic
/biːtʃ/
In British English, beach is pronounced /biːtʃ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [biːtʃ]. In American English, it is pronounced /biːtʃ/.
Beach has one syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.
Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.
Syllables, Stress And Endings
Syllables And Stress
biːtʃ
Beach has one syllable in British English.
beach + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.
UK
/ˈbiː.tʃɪz/
US
/ˈbiː.tʃɪz/
beach + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /t/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/biːtʃt/
US
/biːtʃt/
beach + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈbiː.tʃɪŋ/
US
/ˈbiː.tʃɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Beach
Questions About Beach
How do you pronounce beach in British English?
In British English, beach is pronounced /biːtʃ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [biːtʃ].
How do you pronounce beach in American English?
In American English, beach is pronounced /biːtʃ/.
Do British and American English pronounce beach the same way?
Yes. Both are /biːtʃ/.
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