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