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