How to pronounce “feedback”
Say “feedback” in 2 beats
feedback
/ˈfidˌbæk/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /fiːdbak/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- feedfidstress
- backbæk
- IPA (American)
- /ˈfidˌbæk/
- IPA (British)
- /fiːdbak/
- Respelling
- FEED-bak
- Syllables
- 2 — FEED-back
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: FEED-back. “feed” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/ˈfidˌbæk/
/fiːdbak/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “feedback” means
- noun
the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output
- noun
response to an inquiry or experiment
Say it in a sentence
“Honest feedback is more useful than polite encouragement.”“feedback”, answered
How do you pronounce “feedback”?
“feedback” is pronounced /ˈfidˌbæk/ (FEED-bak) in American English and /fiːdbak/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “feed”. Build it as FEED-back, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “feedback” have?
2: feed · back. The beat lands on the first, “feed”.
Is “feedback” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈfidˌbæk/ (FEED-bak); British English says /fiːdbak/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “feedback” mean?
As a noun: the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output For example: “Honest feedback is more useful than polite encouragement.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “feedback”?
Stress the first syllable: FEED-back. “feed” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
Now say “feedback” and see every sound
Record it once and sayit lines your audio up against the target sound by sound — what landed, what slipped, and what it sounded like instead.