How To Pronounce Stay
stay
UK
Phonemic
/steɪ/
Phonetic
[steɪ]
US
Phonemic
/steɪ/
In British English, stay is pronounced /steɪ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [steɪ]. In American English, it is pronounced /steɪ/.
Stay 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
steɪ
Stay has one syllable in British English.
stay + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/steɪz/
US
/steɪz/
stay + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /d/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/steɪd/
US
/steɪd/
stay + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈsteɪ.ɪŋ/
US
/ˈsteɪ.ɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Stay
Questions About Stay
How do you pronounce stay in British English?
In British English, stay is pronounced /steɪ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [steɪ].
How do you pronounce stay in American English?
In American English, stay is pronounced /steɪ/.
Do British and American English pronounce stay the same way?
Yes. Both are /steɪ/.
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