How To Pronounce Bedtime
bedtime
UK
Phonemic
/ˈbed.taɪm/
Phonetic
[ˈbed.taɪ̃m]
US
Phonemic
/ˈbed.taɪm/
In British English, bedtime is pronounced /ˈbed.taɪm/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈbed.taɪ̃m]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈbed.taɪm/.
Bedtime has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first 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.
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