How To Pronounce Breach
breach
UK
Phonemic
/briːtʃ/
Phonetic
[briːtʃ]
US
Phonemic
/briːtʃ/
In British English, breach is pronounced /briːtʃ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [briːtʃ]. In American English, it is pronounced /briːtʃ/.
Breach 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
briːtʃ
Breach has one syllable in British English.
breach + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.
UK
/ˈbriː.tʃɪz/
US
/ˈbriː.tʃɪz/
breach + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /t/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/briːtʃt/
US
/briːtʃt/
breach + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈbriː.tʃɪŋ/
US
/ˈbriː.tʃɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Breach
Questions About Breach
How do you pronounce breach in British English?
In British English, breach is pronounced /briːtʃ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [briːtʃ].
How do you pronounce breach in American English?
In American English, breach is pronounced /briːtʃ/.
Do British and American English pronounce breach the same way?
Yes. Both are /briːtʃ/.
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