The A has several possible sounds:
-- short O (as in font)
-- caret O or AW sound (as in haunt)
-- short U, to rhyme with bunt, punt, and stunt.
* The AW is heard more often in British English as (wawnt). US English dialects tend to pronounce it like the number one(wun).
The word "want" has a short vowel sound.
The word "want" has a short vowel sound.
No, the word "want" does not have a long "a" sound. The "a" is pronounced as a short vowel sound like in "cat" or "bat".
The terms long and short do not accurately describe English vowels. The sound in want is neither the short A of "at" nor the long A of "ate."It can be any one of three pronunciations:-- short O as in font-- caret O as in haunt-- short U as in bunt
The word "want" has a short a sound.
Short e sound
The word "want" has a short vowel sound.
The terms long and short do not accurately describe English vowels. The sound in want is neither the short A of "at" nor the long A of "ate."It can be any one of three pronunciations:-- short O as in font-- caret O as in haunt-- short U as in bunt
The word want has several pronunciations: short O - as in font caret O - as in haunt * short U - as in bunt *In this British English version, it is closest to a long vowel, as AW is the British equivalent of the US "or" sound (as in for, force, and horse).
The A in want usually has a short O vowel sound, as in font and Vermont.In some pronunciations, it is a caret O (wawnt) or short U (wunt).
Short e sound
short
The word "want" has a short a sound.
No, the word "want" does not have a long "a" sound. The "a" is pronounced as a short vowel sound like in "cat" or "bat".
Short e sound
The word want has several pronunciations: short O - as in font caret O - as in haunt short U - as in bunt
There are three major pronunciations of want, two of them short sounds.-- short O (to rhyme with font)-- caret O (to rhyme with haunt)*-- short U (to rhyme with bunt)*primarily British English (wawnt-ed)
It does not have either a long or short A. The sound is typically a short O (wont as in font) or a short U (wunt, rhymes with bunt).In British English, it is an OR/AW sound (wawnt-ed, to rhyme with haunt).