How to pronounce trip
Say it like TRIP. Trip is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.
Click the play button next to American or British to hear how to pronounce trip. Choose Slow to hear each sound clearly.
- TRIP
- Main stress
- Lighter stress
- Unstressed
Trip pronunciation, sound by sound
Read the parts left to right, then blend them together without pausing.
- TRIPSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "i" in sit.
American vs British pronunciation of trip
American and British speakers say trip in essentially the same way: /trɪp/ in the US and /trɪp/ in the UK.
British respelling: TRIP.
What does trip mean?
- a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)“he took a trip to the shopping center”
- a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs“an acid trip”
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall“he blamed his slip on the ice”“the jolt caused many slips and a few spills”
- miss a step and fall or nearly fall“She stumbled over the tree root”
- cause to stumble“The questions on the test tripped him up”
- make a trip for pleasure
Where does trip come from?
From Middle English trippen (“tread or step lightly and nimbly, skip, dance”), perhaps from Old French triper (“to hop or dance around, strike with the feet”), from a Frankish source; or alternatively from Middle Dutch trippen (“to skip, tr
Words that rhyme with trip
Practicing rhymes is a quick way to lock in the vowel sound of trip.
Questions about saying trip
How do you pronounce trip?
Say TRIP. The American pronunciation is /trɪp/. In British English it is /trɪp/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.
How many syllables are in trip?
Trip is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress. Broken into parts: TRIP.
Do Americans and Brits say trip the same way?
Almost exactly. The American form is /trɪp/ and the British form is /trɪp/, so you can use either pronunciation with any listener.