IPA Transcription of "flail" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “flail” is /ˈfleɪl/.

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flailˈfleɪl

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Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/flæɪl/
English (United Kingdom)/ˈfleɪl/

Similar Pronunciations

/feɪl/2

/fleɪ/2

/fleɪd/1

/fleɪk/1

/fleɪm/2

/fleɪʃ/1

/fɹeɪl/1

/leɪl/1

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  • flailterm referring to two weapons: one a two-handed infantry weapon derived from an agricultural tool, and the other a one-handed weapon
  • flailagricultural tool used for threshing, the process of separating grains from their husks
  • FlailWikimedia disambiguation page
  • flailheraldic figure
  • FlailEgyptian hieroglyph

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