How to pronounce “ghost”
Say “ghost” in one beat
ghost
/ɡoʊst/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɡəʊst/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- ghostɡoʊst
- IPA (American)
- /ɡoʊst/
- IPA (British)
- /ɡəʊst/
- Respelling
- GOHST
- Syllables
- 1 — ghost
- Stress
- One syllable, so the whole word carries the beat — say /ɡoʊst/ in one unbroken piece rather than clipping the vowel.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/ɡoʊst/
/ɡəʊst/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “ghost” means
- noun
a mental representation of some haunting experience
“he looked like he had seen a ghost”
- noun
a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
- noun
the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
Say it in a sentence
“Every old house here has a ghost story attached to it.”“ghost”, answered
How do you pronounce “ghost”?
“ghost” is pronounced /ɡoʊst/ (GOHST) in American English and /ɡəʊst/ in British English — one syllable. It is one unbroken piece — /ɡoʊst/ — with no pause anywhere inside it.
How many syllables does “ghost” have?
One, despite the 1 vowel letters in the spelling. The whole word is /ɡoʊst/ — a single beat.
Is “ghost” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ɡoʊst/ (GOHST); British English says /ɡəʊst/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “ghost” mean?
As a noun: a mental representation of some haunting experience For example: “he looked like he had seen a ghost” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “ghost”?
One syllable, so the whole word carries the beat — say /ɡoʊst/ in one unbroken piece rather than clipping the vowel.
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