IPA Transcription of "bait" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “bait” is /ˈbeɪt/.

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baitˈbeɪt

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Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/bæɪt/
English (United Kingdom)/ˈbeɪt/

Similar Pronunciations

/baɪt/4

/beɪ/5

/beɪb/1

/beɪd/2

/beɪh/1

/beɪk/1

/beɪkt/1

/beɪl/8

/beɪm/4

/beɪn/4

Derivations

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  • Bait2019 film directed by Mark Jenkin
  • Bait2000 film by Antoine Fuqua
  • baitobject intended to attract animals
  • BaitWikimedia disambiguation page
  • Bait1954 film by Hugo Haas
  • baitepic and lyrical-epic genre of Tatar and Bashkir poetry
  • Baitepisode of Ash vs Evil Dead
  • Bait1950 film by Frank Richardson
  • Baitbook by Chuck Palahniuk

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