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