How To Pronounce Beat
beat
UK
Phonemic
/biːt/
Phonetic
[biːt̚]
US
Phonemic
/biːt/
In British English, beat is pronounced /biːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [biːt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /biːt/.
Beat has one syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.
Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.
Syllables, Stress And Endings
Syllables And Stress
biːt
Beat has one syllable in British English.
beat + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/biːts/
US
/biːts/
beat + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈbiː.tɪŋ/
US
/ˈbiː.t̯ɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Beat
Questions About Beat
How do you pronounce beat in British English?
In British English, beat is pronounced /biːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [biːt̚].
How do you pronounce beat in American English?
In American English, beat is pronounced /biːt/.
Do British and American English pronounce beat the same way?
Yes. Both are /biːt/.
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