eider, eiderdown, eidetic, eigenvalue, einsteinium
feisty
gesundheit
height, heist
kaleidoscope
meitnerium
neither (or long E)
poltergeist
seismograph, seismic,
stein
zeitgeist
Yes, as do other words spelled with -IGHT (long I, silent GH). (The exceptions are -IGHT words spelled with EI, which sounds like a long A.)
The words include sleigh, weigh, neigh, neighbor eight, eighty, freight, weight, weighty inveigle, inveigh, deign, reign, feign, feint rein, seine, vein, veil, surveillance sheik
The long A is usuallly represented as ā with the sound (ay).
There are several, mostly from German: eider, eiderdown, eidetic, eigenvalue, einsteinium feisty gesundheit height, heist kaleidoscope meitnerium neither (or long E) poltergeist seismograph, seismic, stein zeitgeist
Yes. The IE has the same long E sound as EI in words such as believe, relieve, and reprieve.
Yes, as do other words spelled with -IGHT (long I, silent GH). (The exceptions are -IGHT words spelled with EI, which sounds like a long A.)
The words include sleigh, weigh, neigh, neighbor eight, eighty, freight, weight, weighty inveigle, inveigh, deign, reign, feign, feint rein, seine, vein, veil, surveillance sheik
The long A is usuallly represented as ā with the sound (ay).
There are several, mostly from German: eider, eiderdown, eidetic, eigenvalue, einsteinium feisty gesundheit height, heist kaleidoscope meitnerium neither (or long E) poltergeist seismograph, seismic, stein zeitgeist
The EI pair has a long A (ay) sound, so that eight is pronounced the same as ate. The EI have this same sound in the words weigh (way) and weight (wait).
There are relatively few such words, mostly from French. They include: heifer nonpareil ...and one English pronunciation each of "peignoir" (pen-wah) and of "seiche" (sech) whose alternates have a more-common long A sound.
Depending on where you are from: either neither
deceitconceiveleisurereceiptreceive
receipt
Yes. The IE has the same long E sound as EI in words such as believe, relieve, and reprieve.
Words with the long E sound are spelled with E, AE, EA, EE, EI, IE, or an ending Y:agreebeatcarry (y often has the long e sound)deep , departeelfeelingsgeesehealivy (y = long e)jeep, jeanskeep, keyleave, lethal, litermeat , mediateneedleonlypeacequeen, queasyreason, retreatsea, see, seasonteen, teeth, teamunique ( i = long e)veal , venialwe, wheat, wheel,yeast, yieldzeal, zebrastoryhistory
Yes, but there is no letter a in the word. The O in the last syllable is long.