cat
/kăt/
noun
- A small domesticated carnivorous mammal (Felis catus), kept as a pet and as catcher of vermin, and existing in a variety of breeds.
- Any of various other carnivorous mammals of the family Felidae, including the lion, tiger, leopard, and lynx.
- The fur of a domestic cat.
It's an old transcription system designed for RP. There have been at least two major attempts to update it: by Clive Upton (used by the OED) and more recently by Geoff Lindsey (here's an overview ). Both have /a/ for TRAP. Answer from Deleted User on reddit.com
Cambridge Dictionary
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How to pronounce CAT in English
How to pronounce CAT. How to say CAT. Listen to the audio pronunciation in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Learn more.
Encyclopedia Britannica
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YouGlish
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Cat | 2979 pronunciations of Cat in British English
Cat | 2979 pronunciations of Cat in British English
Videos
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How to pronounce cat in English - Definition and synonyms of cat in English
cat pronunciation in English [en] Phonetic spelling: kæt · Accent: British · cat pronunciation · Pronunciation by FrazJam (Male from United Kingdom) Male from United Kingdom · Pronunciation by FrazJam · User information · Follow · 17 votes Good Bad ·
Reddit
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r/linguistics on Reddit: Why is /æ/ used to transcribe the vowel in “cat” when discussing British English?
January 9, 2023 -
I have no formal education in linguistics at all, but I’ve noticed this transcription all over the place. It seems fine to me for General American, but I (from the north of England) do not use /æ/ as far as I can tell and nor does anyone I know. My “cat” vowel, and that of everyone else I know from England, is much closer to /a/, but I feel as though I never see this used in transcriptions of British English. What’s up?
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It's an old transcription system designed for RP. There have been at least two major attempts to update it: by Clive Upton (used by the OED) and more recently by Geoff Lindsey (here's an overview ). Both have /a/ for TRAP.
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Tradition, mostly. British English is usually transcribed through the lens of RP (or more strictly, old RP as spoken in the early to mid 20th century, not the variety today occasionally called RP which derives from but is not identical to “proper” RP). If you listen to a BBC newsreader from the mid 20th century TRAP sounds very high, almost (but not quite) like [ɛ] (and the DRESS vowel was often closer to [e] to compensate). Why haven’t we changed it to /a/ to be more accurate to its “real” pronunciation today? Because phonemic transcription is ultimately arbitrary and usually is based on the closest cardinal vowel. You could use /🍆/ to transcribe the TRAP vowel if you really wanted as long as you specify that phonetically its output is [a]. I’m not particularly sure why /æ/ has persisted when /a/ is both a cardinal vowel and easier to type/write; possibly because other world Englishes have a TRAP vowel that is closer to [æ] and it just helps for comparison. But ultimately it doesn’t matter as phonological symbols are more arbitrary and don’t need to show nuances; that’s the phonetician’s job.
Collins Dictionary
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How to pronounce CAT in English | Collins
British English pronunciation · ! It seems that your browser is blocking this video content. To access it, add this site to the exceptions or modify your security settings, then refresh this page. American English: kæt British English: kæt · Word formsplural cats ·
YouTube
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This video shows you how to pronounce CAT in British English. Speaker has an accent from North Lanarkshire, Scotland. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dicti...
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Macmillan Dictionary
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YouGlish
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Cats | 1486 pronunciations of Cats in British English
Cats | 1486 pronunciations of Cats in British English
How to Pronounce
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This makes me question whether the "a" in my "cat" is really an allophone of the same phoneme as the one that includes the allophone used by a British RP speaker in pronouncing "cat". That RP speaker might think I'm almost saying "kett" when I say "cat", and his "cat" might sound to me similar to /kAt/ ("kaht"), but with the vowel farther forward.
YouGlish
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Cat's | 138 pronunciations of Cat's in British English
Cat's | 138 pronunciations of Cat's in British English
SHABDKOSH
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cat - How to pronounce cat in English
Pronunciation Dictionary - How to say 'cat' in English? Learn spoken pronunciation of 'cat' in multiple accent in pronunciation dictionary, translation, pronunciation, synonyms and definitions of 'cat' in the English and Hindi reference.
TikTok
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Quora
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I cannot tell the pronounciation difference between cat and cut. What is the difference? It sounds same to me.Please, Native speaker - Quora
Answer (1 of 17): In the traditional Standard Pronounciation ,both of England and America, they definitely have very different pronounciations as Cat has a “fronter” and higher vowel (i.e. closer to Kett). However things began to change in England about the mid 60s were many educated Englishmen ...
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This link to the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary has a nice audio example. In IPA notation, it is pronounced:
/kæt/
I believe the word man is subject to a "weak form" depending on its placement in the sentence. From this link on the OALD website:
Weak forms and strong forms
Certain very common words, for example at, and, for, can, have two pronunciations. We give the usual (weak) pronunciation first. The second pronunciation (strong) must be used if the word is stressed, and also generally when the word is at the end of a sentence. For example:
- Can /kən/ you help?
- I’ll help if I can /kæn/.
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It's very difficult to describe how to pronounce a letter or a word with text. I suggest you go to thefreedictionary.com. For most words they have an icon of a speaker. Click on this and it will pronounce the word.