How To Pronounce Dressing
dressing
UK
Phonemic
/ˈdres.ɪŋ/
Phonetic
[ˈdres.ɪ̃ŋ]
US
Phonemic
/ˈdres.ɪŋ/
In British English, dressing is pronounced /ˈdres.ɪŋ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈdres.ɪ̃ŋ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈdres.ɪŋ/.
Dressing 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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