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