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