How To Pronounce Painful
painful
In British English, painful is pronounced /ˈpeɪn.fəl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈpʰe͠ɪn.fl̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈpeɪn.fəl/.
Painful has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first 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
Painful has two syllables in British English, and the main stress is on the first syllable, shown in colour above. Its stress pattern is Oo, where O is the stressed syllable.
Questions About Painful
How do you pronounce painful in British English?
In British English, painful is pronounced /ˈpeɪn.fəl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈpʰe͠ɪn.fl̩].
How do you pronounce painful in American English?
In American English, painful is pronounced /ˈpeɪn.fəl/.
How many syllables are in painful?
Painful has two syllables, /peɪn/ + /fəl/.
Where is the stress in painful?
The main stress is on the first syllable, /peɪn/.
Do British and American English pronounce painful the same way?
Yes. Both are /ˈpeɪn.fəl/.
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