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