How to pronounce "happy"

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Phonetic Breakdown of "happy"

Learn how to break down "happy" into its phonetic components. Understanding syllables and phonetics helps with pronunciation, spelling, and language learning.

Standard Phonetic Pronunciation:

/ˈhæpiː/
/ˈhæpi/
Phonetic representation based on standard dictionaries

IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:

HH AE1 P IY0
Standard phonetic transcription to help with precise pronunciation

Pronunciation Tips:

  • Stress the first syllable
  • Pay attention to vowel sounds
  • Practice each syllable separately

Spelling Benefits:

  • Easier to remember spelling
  • Helps with word recognition
  • Improves reading fluency

Definition of "happy"

Noun

  • A happy event, thing, person, etc.

Noun

  • Preceded by the: happy people as a group.

Verb

  • Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.
  • Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.

Adjective

  • Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.
    Example: "Music makes me feel happy."
  • Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.
  • Content, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).
    Example: "Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?"
  • (Of acts, speech, etc.) Appropriate, apt, felicitous.
    Example: "a happy coincidence"
  • (in combination) Favoring or inclined to use.
    Example: "slaphappy, trigger-happy"
  • (of people, often followed by "at" or "in") Dexterous, ready, skilful.

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