How to pronounce milk
Say it like MILK. Milk is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.
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- MILK
- Main stress
- Lighter stress
- Unstressed
Milk pronunciation, sound by sound
Read the parts left to right, then blend them together without pausing.
- MILKSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "i" in sit.
American vs British pronunciation of milk
American and British speakers say milk in essentially the same way: /mɪlk/ in the US and /mɪlk/ in the UK.
British respelling: MILK.
What does milk mean?
- a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
- produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young
- a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
- take milk from female mammals“Cows need to be milked every morning”
- exploit as much as possible“I am milking this for all it's worth”
- add milk to“milk the tea”
Words that rhyme with milk
Practicing rhymes is a quick way to lock in the vowel sound of milk.
Questions about saying milk
How do you pronounce milk?
Say MILK. The American pronunciation is /mɪlk/. In British English it is /mɪlk/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.
How many syllables are in milk?
Milk is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress. Broken into parts: MILK.
Do Americans and Brits say milk the same way?
Almost exactly. The American form is /mɪlk/ and the British form is /mɪlk/, so you can use either pronunciation with any listener.