How To Pronounce Meal
meal
UK
Phonemic
/miːl/
Phonetic
[miːɫ]
US
Phonemic
/miːl/
In British English, meal is pronounced /miːl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [miːɫ]. In American English, it is pronounced /miːl/.
Meal 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
miːl
Meal has one syllable in British English.
meal + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/miːlz/
US
/miːlz/
Words That Rhyme With Meal
Questions About Meal
How do you pronounce meal in British English?
In British English, meal is pronounced /miːl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [miːɫ].
How do you pronounce meal in American English?
In American English, meal is pronounced /miːl/.
Do British and American English pronounce meal the same way?
Yes. Both are /miːl/.
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