How To Pronounce Brake
brake
UK
Phonemic
/breɪk/
Phonetic
[breɪk̚]
US
Phonemic
/breɪk/
In British English, brake is pronounced /breɪk/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [breɪk̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /breɪk/.
Brake 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
breɪk
Brake has one syllable in British English.
brake + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/breɪks/
US
/breɪks/
brake + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /t/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/breɪkt/
US
/breɪkt/
brake + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈbreɪ.kɪŋ/
US
/ˈbreɪ.kɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Brake
Questions About Brake
How do you pronounce brake in British English?
In British English, brake is pronounced /breɪk/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [breɪk̚].
How do you pronounce brake in American English?
In American English, brake is pronounced /breɪk/.
Do British and American English pronounce brake the same way?
Yes. Both are /breɪk/.
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