How to pronounce melt
Say it like MELT. Melt is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.
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- MELT
- Main stress
- Lighter stress
- Unstressed
Melt pronunciation, sound by sound
Read the parts left to right, then blend them together without pausing.
- MELTSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "e" in bed.
American vs British pronunciation of melt
American and British speakers say melt in essentially the same way: /mɛlt/ in the US and /mɛlt/ in the UK.
British respelling: MELT.
What does melt mean?
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating“melt butter”“melt down gold”
- become or cause to become soft or liquid“The sun melted the ice”“the ice thawed”
- become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial“With age, he mellowed”
- the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid“the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster”“the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours”
Where does melt come from?
From Middle English melten, from a merger of Old English meltan (intransitive) and mieltan (transitive), both meaning “to melt, digest,” from Proto-West Germanic *meltan and *maltijan, from Proto-Germanic *meltaną and *maltijaną, both from
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Words that rhyme with melt
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Questions about saying melt
How do you pronounce melt?
Say MELT. The American pronunciation is /mɛlt/. In British English it is /mɛlt/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.
How many syllables are in melt?
Melt is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress. Broken into parts: MELT.
Do Americans and Brits say melt the same way?
Almost exactly. The American form is /mɛlt/ and the British form is /mɛlt/, so you can use either pronunciation with any listener.