How To Pronounce Bleat
bleat
UK
Phonemic
/bliːt/
Phonetic
[bliːt̚]
US
Phonemic
/bliːt/
In British English, bleat is pronounced /bliːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [bliːt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /bliːt/.
Bleat 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
bliːt
Bleat has one syllable in British English.
bleat + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/bliːts/
US
/bliːts/
bleat + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /ɪd/ after /t/ or /d/.
UK
/ˈbliː.tɪd/
US
/ˈbliː.t̯ɪd/
bleat + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈbliː.tɪŋ/
US
/ˈbliː.t̯ɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Bleat
Questions About Bleat
How do you pronounce bleat in British English?
In British English, bleat is pronounced /bliːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [bliːt̚].
How do you pronounce bleat in American English?
In American English, bleat is pronounced /bliːt/.
Do British and American English pronounce bleat the same way?
Yes. Both are /bliːt/.
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