How To Pronounce Hail
hail
UK
Phonemic
/heɪl/
Phonetic
[heɪɫ]
US
Phonemic
/heɪl/
In British English, hail is pronounced /heɪl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [heɪɫ]. In American English, it is pronounced /heɪl/.
Hail 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
heɪl
Hail has one syllable in British English.
hail + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/heɪlz/
US
/heɪlz/
hail + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /d/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/heɪld/
US
/heɪld/
hail + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈheɪ.lɪŋ/
US
/ˈheɪ.lɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Hail
Questions About Hail
How do you pronounce hail in British English?
In British English, hail is pronounced /heɪl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [heɪɫ].
How do you pronounce hail in American English?
In American English, hail is pronounced /heɪl/.
Do British and American English pronounce hail the same way?
Yes. Both are /heɪl/.
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