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
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.
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).
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.