How To Pronounce Bleak
bleak
UK
Phonemic
/bliːk/
Phonetic
[bliːk̚]
US
Phonemic
/bliːk/
In British English, bleak is pronounced /bliːk/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [bliːk̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /bliːk/.
Bleak 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
bliːk
Bleak has one syllable in British English.
bleak + -er
-er (comparative) is /ə/ in UK English and /ɚ/ in US English.
UK
/ˈbliː.kə/
US
/ˈbliː.kɚ/
bleak + -est
-est (superlative) is always /ɪst/.
UK
/ˈbliː.kɪst/
US
/ˈbliː.kɪst/
Words That Rhyme With Bleak
Questions About Bleak
How do you pronounce bleak in British English?
In British English, bleak is pronounced /bliːk/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [bliːk̚].
How do you pronounce bleak in American English?
In American English, bleak is pronounced /bliːk/.
Do British and American English pronounce bleak the same way?
Yes. Both are /bliːk/.
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