How To Pronounce Goodbye
goodbye
In British English, goodbye is pronounced /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɡʷʊdˈbaɪ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/.
Goodbye 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
Goodbye 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.
Words That Rhyme With Goodbye
Questions About Goodbye
How do you pronounce goodbye in British English?
In British English, goodbye is pronounced /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɡʷʊdˈbaɪ].
How do you pronounce goodbye in American English?
In American English, goodbye is pronounced /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/.
How many syllables are in goodbye?
Goodbye has two syllables, /ɡʊd/ + /baɪ/.
Where is the stress in goodbye?
The main stress is on the second syllable, /baɪ/.
Do British and American English pronounce goodbye the same way?
Yes. Both are /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/.
Other Words With The Stress Pattern oO
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