English pronunciation · Words Starting with B
Breathing Pronunciation
Breathing is pronounced BREE-dhing, IPA /ˈbriðɪŋ/.
BREE-dhing
US /ˈbriðɪŋ/ · UK /ˈbriːðɪŋ/
Syllables: BREE · dhing (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun and verb (present participle of breathe): The act of taking air into the lungs and letting it out again.
Audio for the American and British pronunciations plays on this page with JavaScript enabled.
Breathing in a Sentence
- Her breathing slowed once the fever broke.
- The nurse listened to his breathing through a stethoscope.
- He kept breathing steadily all the way up the hill.
Common Mispronunciations of Breathing
Not BRETH-ing
Stretch the vowel to the ee of free. The short e belongs to the noun breath, not to the verb breathe and its forms.
Not BREE-thing
Buzz the th so that the throat vibrates, as in this and mother. A hissed th makes the word sound like a thing you breed.
Tip: Breath is BRETH and breathe is BREEDH, and every form built on the verb keeps the long ee and the buzzing th.
More words starting with b · Every word in the pronunciation guide