How To Pronounce Fill up
fill up
In British English, fill up is pronounced /ˌfɪlˈʌp/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌfɪlˈʌp̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˌfɪlˈʌp/.
Fill up has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the second 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
Fill up has two syllables in British English, and the main stress is on the second syllable, shown in colour above. Its stress pattern is oO, where O is the stressed syllable.
Questions About Fill up
How do you pronounce fill up in British English?
In British English, fill up is pronounced /ˌfɪlˈʌp/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌfɪlˈʌp̚].
How do you pronounce fill up in American English?
In American English, fill up is pronounced /ˌfɪlˈʌp/.
How many syllables are in fill up?
Fill up has two syllables, /fɪl/ + /ʌp/.
Where is the stress in fill up?
The main stress is on the second syllable, /ʌp/.
Do British and American English pronounce fill up the same way?
Yes. Both are /ˌfɪlˈʌp/.
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