How to pronounce bring in American English

IPA /brɪŋ/ Syllables 1 · brihng Stress 1st syllable

BRIHNG

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Americans pronounce bring as BRIHNG (/brɪŋ/). You'll hear it in sentences like "Bring the bag" or "Bring the ring" — more examples below.

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Every sound in "bring".

1 syllable, 4 sounds. Explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.

b/b/

Press your lips together, add vocal cord vibration, then release.

r/r/

Curl or bunch your tongue without letting the tip touch the roof of your mouth. Brace the sides of your tongue against your upper back teeth, and round your lips slightly.

ih/ɪ/

Drop your jaw slightly with relaxed lips. Touch the tongue tip behind the bottom front teeth and arch the top-front toward the roof.

ng/ŋ/

Lift the back of your tongue to the soft palate. Lower your soft palate to let air flow through your nose.

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"Bring a cup of water to the cop who lost his cap."

BRIHNG uh KUHP uhv WAH·der tuh dhuh KAHP hoo LAHST hihz KAP

"Bring the bag."

BRIHNG dhuh BAG

"Bring the bike back and leave it in the back yard."

BRIHNG dhuh BAHYK BAK uhnd LEEV iht ihn dhuh BAK YARD

"Bring the ring."

BRIHNG dhuh RIHNG

"Bring the rope."

BRIHNG dhuh ROHP

"Can you bring me that thing over there?"

kuhn yuh BRIHNG mee dhat thihng OH·ver DHAIR

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Is the American pronunciation of "bring" different from British English?

American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "BRIHNG" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.