How to pronounce “field”
Say “field” in one beat
field
/fild/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /fiːld/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- fieldfild
- IPA (American)
- /fild/
- IPA (British)
- /fiːld/
- Respelling
- FEELD
- Syllables
- 1 — field
- Stress
- One syllable, so the whole word carries the beat — say /fild/ in one unbroken piece rather than clipping the vowel.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Difficulty
- Beginner — most learners get this on the first take
American and British are not the same here
/fild/
/fiːld/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “field” means
- noun
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
“he planted a field of wheat”
- noun
a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
“they made a tour of Civil War battlefields”
- noun
somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
“anthropologists do much of their work in the field”
Say it in a sentence
“The farmer plowed the field before the first frost.”“field”, answered
How do you pronounce “field”?
“field” is pronounced /fild/ (FEELD) in American English and /fiːld/ in British English — one syllable. It is one unbroken piece — /fild/ — with no pause anywhere inside it.
How many syllables does “field” have?
One, despite the 2 vowel letters in the spelling. The whole word is /fild/ — a single beat.
Is “field” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /fild/ (FEELD); British English says /fiːld/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “field” mean?
As a noun: a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed For example: “he planted a field of wheat” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “field”?
One syllable, so the whole word carries the beat — say /fild/ in one unbroken piece rather than clipping the vowel.
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