How To Pronounce Hike
hike
UK
Phonemic
/haɪk/
Phonetic
[haɪk̚]
US
Phonemic
/haɪk/
In British English, hike is pronounced /haɪk/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [haɪk̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /haɪk/.
Hike 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
haɪk
Hike has one syllable in British English.
hike + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/haɪks/
US
/haɪks/
hike + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /t/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/haɪkt/
US
/haɪkt/
hike + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈhaɪ.kɪŋ/
US
/ˈhaɪ.kɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Hike
Questions About Hike
How do you pronounce hike in British English?
In British English, hike is pronounced /haɪk/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [haɪk̚].
How do you pronounce hike in American English?
In American English, hike is pronounced /haɪk/.
Do British and American English pronounce hike the same way?
Yes. Both are /haɪk/.
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