How To Pronounce Hip
hip
UK
Phonemic
/hɪp/
Phonetic
[hɪp̚]
US
Phonemic
/hɪp/
In British English, hip is pronounced /hɪp/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [hɪp̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /hɪp/.
Hip 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
hɪp
Hip has one syllable in British English.
hip + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/hɪps/
US
/hɪps/
hip + -er
-er (comparative) is /ə/ in UK English and /ɚ/ in US English.
UK
/ˈhɪp.ə/
US
/ˈhɪp.ɚ/
hip + -est
-est (superlative) is always /ɪst/.
UK
/ˈhɪp.ɪst/
US
/ˈhɪp.ɪst/
Words That Rhyme With Hip
Questions About Hip
How do you pronounce hip in British English?
In British English, hip is pronounced /hɪp/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [hɪp̚].
How do you pronounce hip in American English?
In American English, hip is pronounced /hɪp/.
Do British and American English pronounce hip the same way?
Yes. Both are /hɪp/.
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