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