How To Pronounce Cattle
cattle
In British English, cattle is pronounced /ˈkæt.əl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkʰæt.l̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈkæt.əl/.
Cattle has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first 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
Cattle has two syllables in British English, and the main stress is on the first syllable, shown in colour above. Its stress pattern is Oo, where O is the stressed syllable.
Words That Rhyme With Cattle
Questions About Cattle
How do you pronounce cattle in British English?
In British English, cattle is pronounced /ˈkæt.əl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkʰæt.l̩].
How do you pronounce cattle in American English?
In American English, cattle is pronounced /ˈkæt.əl/.
How many syllables are in cattle?
Cattle has two syllables, /kæt/ + /əl/.
Where is the stress in cattle?
The main stress is on the first syllable, /kæt/.
Do British and American English pronounce cattle the same way?
Yes. Both are /ˈkæt.əl/.
Other Words With The Stress Pattern Oo
Nearby Words
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