Is beetle a long vowel

Answer 1

YES, the 'ee' in 'beetle' (represented as /i/ in the phonetic alphabet) can be almost universally acknowledged as a long vowel based on the traditional classification of English short and long vowels (which however, are not technically related to the length of time required to produce the actual vowel sound).

Regardless of the actual time required to produce the 'ee' in 'beetle', it would be considered a long vowel by traditional convention, just as in the words 'beater', 'needle', and 'seating', as compared to the traditionally defined short 'i' vowel (represented as /I/ in the phonetic alphabet), which is found in words like 'bitter', 'prick', and 'sit.'

Answer 2

No, the word "beetle" does not have a long vowel. It contains the short vowel sound "ee" as in "bed".