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