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Goodbye Pronunciation

Goodbye is pronounced guud-BY, IPA /ˌgʊdˈbaɪ/.

guud-BY

US /ˌgʊdˈbaɪ/  ·  UK /gʊdˈbaɪ/

Syllables: guud · BY (2 syllables, stress on syllable 2)

interjection and noun: What you say when leaving someone, or the act of parting itself.

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Goodbye in a Sentence

  • She said goodbye at the gate and walked back to the car.
  • It was a long goodbye.
  • Goodbye, and thanks for everything.

Common Mispronunciations of Goodbye

Not GUUD-by

Save the punch for BY at the end. Front stress makes the word sound like the two pieces it came from rather than one greeting.

Not guud-BEE

Open the final vowel into the long eye of buy. An ee ending turns the word into a name.

Tip: It began as God be with ye and wore down over centuries. That is why the spelling looks nothing like the sound.

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