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Bathing Pronunciation
Bathing is pronounced BAY-dhing, IPA /ˈbeɪðɪŋ/.
BAY-dhing
US /ˈbeɪðɪŋ/ · UK /ˈbeɪðɪŋ/
Syllables: BAY · dhing (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
verb (present participle of bathe): Washing or swimming in water, and used of places where swimming is allowed.
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Bathing in a Sentence
- Bathing is not permitted beyond the buoys.
- She was bathing the baby when the phone rang.
- A bathing hut stood at the top of the beach.
Common Mispronunciations of Bathing
Not BA-thing
This is bathe with an ending, not bath, so the vowel is long and the th is voiced: BAY-dhing. The noun bath keeps the short vowel and the breathy th.
Not BAY-ting
Let the voice buzz through the th rather than stopping it into a t. Put the tongue tip on the teeth and keep the sound going.
Tip: Bathing from bathe is BAY-dhing. British English also has a separate BATH-ing, from the verb to bath a child.
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