How To Pronounce Hill
hill
UK
Phonemic
/hɪl/
Phonetic
[hɪɫ]
US
Phonemic
/hɪl/
In British English, hill is pronounced /hɪl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [hɪɫ]. In American English, it is pronounced /hɪl/.
Hill 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
hɪl
Hill has one syllable in British English.
hill + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/hɪlz/
US
/hɪlz/
Words That Rhyme With Hill
Questions About Hill
How do you pronounce hill in British English?
In British English, hill is pronounced /hɪl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [hɪɫ].
How do you pronounce hill in American English?
In American English, hill is pronounced /hɪl/.
Do British and American English pronounce hill the same way?
Yes. Both are /hɪl/.
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