How To Pronounce Neat
neat
UK
Phonemic
/niːt/
Phonetic
[niːt̚]
US
Phonemic
/niːt/
In British English, neat is pronounced /niːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [niːt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /niːt/.
Neat 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
niːt
Neat has one syllable in British English.
neat + -er
-er (comparative) is /ə/ in UK English and /ɚ/ in US English.
UK
/ˈniː.tə/
US
/ˈniː.t̯ɚ/
neat + -est
-est (superlative) is always /ɪst/.
UK
/ˈniː.tɪst/
US
/ˈniː.t̯ɪst/
Words That Rhyme With Neat
Questions About Neat
How do you pronounce neat in British English?
In British English, neat is pronounced /niːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [niːt̚].
How do you pronounce neat in American English?
In American English, neat is pronounced /niːt/.
Do British and American English pronounce neat the same way?
Yes. Both are /niːt/.
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