How To Pronounce Paint
paint
UK
Phonemic
/peɪnt/
Phonetic
[pʰe͠ɪnt̚]
US
Phonemic
/peɪnt/
In British English, paint is pronounced /peɪnt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [pʰe͠ɪnt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /peɪnt/.
Paint 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
peɪnt
Paint has one syllable in British English.
paint + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/peɪnts/
US
/peɪnts/
paint + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /ɪd/ after /t/ or /d/.
UK
/ˈpeɪn.tɪd/
US
/ˈpeɪn.t̯ɪd/
paint + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈpeɪn.tɪŋ/
US
/ˈpeɪn.t̯ɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Paint
Questions About Paint
How do you pronounce paint in British English?
In British English, paint is pronounced /peɪnt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [pʰe͠ɪnt̚].
How do you pronounce paint in American English?
In American English, paint is pronounced /peɪnt/.
Do British and American English pronounce paint the same way?
Yes. Both are /peɪnt/.
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