How To Pronounce Hush
hush
UK
Phonemic
/hʌʃ/
Phonetic
[hʌʃ]
US
Phonemic
/hʌʃ/
In British English, hush is pronounced /hʌʃ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [hʌʃ]. In American English, it is pronounced /hʌʃ/.
Hush 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
hʌʃ
Hush has one syllable in British English.
hush + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.
UK
/ˈhʌʃ.ɪz/
US
/ˈhʌʃ.ɪz/
hush + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /t/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/hʌʃt/
US
/hʌʃt/
hush + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈhʌʃ.ɪŋ/
US
/ˈhʌʃ.ɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Hush
Questions About Hush
How do you pronounce hush in British English?
In British English, hush is pronounced /hʌʃ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [hʌʃ].
How do you pronounce hush in American English?
In American English, hush is pronounced /hʌʃ/.
Do British and American English pronounce hush the same way?
Yes. Both are /hʌʃ/.
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