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