Yes. The pronunciation is (kwilt).
Chronic is the only one of the three with a short o sound.
The word include laugh, laughter, and one pronunciation each of aunt and draught (ant, draft). There are many more words that have an AW sound, which is a caret O.
Oh, what a lovely question! Words like "bread," "head," and "dead" have the short 'a' sound spelled with 'ea'. Just imagine those words as little happy trees in your painting of the English language, adding a touch of warmth and familiarity to your vocabulary garden. Keep on exploring and discovering new words, my friend!
Words such as bar, car, and start are not considered 'short a' words but are indicated by an "umlaut A" symbol where the A is said to be "R-shaped." It appears in one pronunciation of the word "father" as a British English homophone of the word "farther" because the R is not heard (fah-thuh). Similarly, there is a long A sound followed by an R that is called a caret A, which is the "air" sound in US English (fair, care).
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Yes, the word "bike" has the short "i" sound. The short "i" sound is commonly heard in words like "sit," "lid," and "dig."
Chronic is the only one of the three with a short o sound.
The word umbrella has the UH sound of a short U, while the other words have the OO sound, one of the versions of the long U.
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Most of these AI words have an unpronounced sound (just the letter) not a short E : as in certain (sur-tn) and curtain (kur-tn). This is similar to the schwa sound in mountain (moun-tən).Words that do have the short E are again (uh-gen) and against.
The word "bury" and its other forms (buried) are probably unique in this regard, although the UE pair in the words guess and guest also have a short E sound.
Only one of the words mentioned has a long e sound. The word with the long E sound is precede.
It has a long vowel sound for the A and a short one for the i.
It has one short and one long vowel sound. The I is a short vowel sound, as in "ill." The OW makes a long O (oh) vowel sound.
The word donkey has two pronunciations, one with a "dunk" sound and one with a "donk" sound.The dunk version rhymes with monkey and has the short U vowel sound, as in the words but, hut, done, ton, sun, and bus.The donk version rhymes with honky and wonky, and has a short O sound, as in the words con, bond, job, and stop.
It has one short vowel sound and one long vowel sound. The E has a short E sound, as in men. The U has a long U (long OO) sound.
A short vowel is a vowel sound that is pronounced briefly and softly. Short vowels are typically found in one-syllable words and are represented by a single letter (a, e, i, o, u) in the English language.