How to pronounce hatch
Say it like HACH. Hatch is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.
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- HACH
- Main stress
- Lighter stress
- Unstressed
Hatch pronunciation, sound by sound
Read the parts left to right, then blend them together without pausing.
- HACHSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "a" in cat.
American vs British pronunciation of hatch
American and British speakers say hatch in essentially the same way: /hætʃ/ in the US and /hætʃ/ in the UK.
British respelling: HACH.
What does hatch mean?
- emerge from the eggs“young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch”
- devise or invent“He thought up a plan to get rich quickly”“no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software”
- inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
- the production of young from an egg
- shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
- a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open
Where does hatch come from?
From Middle English hacche, hache, from Old English hæċ, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkju (compare Dutch hek ‘gate, railing’, Low German Heck ‘pasture gate, farmyard gate’), variant of *haggju ‘hedge’.
Words that rhyme with hatch
Practicing rhymes is a quick way to lock in the vowel sound of hatch.
Questions about saying hatch
How do you pronounce hatch?
Say HACH. The American pronunciation is /hætʃ/. In British English it is /hætʃ/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.
How many syllables are in hatch?
Hatch is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress. Broken into parts: HACH.
Do Americans and Brits say hatch the same way?
Almost exactly. The American form is /hætʃ/ and the British form is /hætʃ/, so you can use either pronunciation with any listener.