How To Pronounce Hair
hair
In British English, hair is pronounced /heə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [heəʴ]. In American English, it is pronounced /her/.
Hair has one syllable. The British and American pronunciations are different, so listen to both.
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
Hair has one syllable in British English.
Words That Rhyme With Hair
Questions About Hair
How do you pronounce hair in British English?
In British English, hair is pronounced /heə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [heəʴ].
How do you pronounce hair in American English?
In American English, hair is pronounced /her/.
Do British and American English pronounce hair the same way?
No. British English has /heə/ and American English has /her/.
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