How To Pronounce Meat
meat
UK
Phonemic
/miːt/
Phonetic
[miːt̚]
US
Phonemic
/miːt/
In British English, meat is pronounced /miːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [miːt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /miːt/.
Meat 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
miːt
Meat has one syllable in British English.
meat + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/miːts/
US
/miːts/
Words That Rhyme With Meat
Questions About Meat
How do you pronounce meat in British English?
In British English, meat is pronounced /miːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [miːt̚].
How do you pronounce meat in American English?
In American English, meat is pronounced /miːt/.
Do British and American English pronounce meat the same way?
Yes. Both are /miːt/.
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