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