How To Pronounce Shaft
shaft
In British English, shaft is pronounced /ʃɑːft/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ʃɑːft̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ʃæft/.
Shaft has one syllable. The British and American pronunciations are different, so listen to both.
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
Shaft has one syllable in British English.
Words That Rhyme With Shaft
Questions About Shaft
How do you pronounce shaft in British English?
In British English, shaft is pronounced /ʃɑːft/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ʃɑːft̚].
How do you pronounce shaft in American English?
In American English, shaft is pronounced /ʃæft/.
Do British and American English pronounce shaft the same way?
No. British English has /ʃɑːft/ and American English has /ʃæft/.
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