How To Pronounce Steep
steep
UK
Phonemic
/stiːp/
Phonetic
[stiːp̚]
US
Phonemic
/stiːp/
In British English, steep is pronounced /stiːp/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [stiːp̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /stiːp/.
Steep 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
stiːp
Steep has one syllable in British English.
steep + -er
-er (comparative) is /ə/ in UK English and /ɚ/ in US English.
UK
/ˈstiː.pə/
US
/ˈstiː.pɚ/
steep + -est
-est (superlative) is always /ɪst/.
UK
/ˈstiː.pɪst/
US
/ˈstiː.pɪst/
Words That Rhyme With Steep
Questions About Steep
How do you pronounce steep in British English?
In British English, steep is pronounced /stiːp/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [stiːp̚].
How do you pronounce steep in American English?
In American English, steep is pronounced /stiːp/.
Do British and American English pronounce steep the same way?
Yes. Both are /stiːp/.
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