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How to pronounce shafts

Say it like SHAFTS. Shafts is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/ʃæfts/SHAFTS
UK BritishNo British transcription yet. The audio still plays in this accent.
  • SHAFTS
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Shafts pronunciation, sound by sound

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  1. SHAFTSSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "a" in cat.

What does shafts mean?

noun
  1. plural of shaft How to pronounce shaft
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shaft How to pronounce shaft

Words that rhyme with shafts

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Questions about saying shafts

How do you pronounce shafts?

Say SHAFTS. The American pronunciation is /ʃæfts/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in shafts?

Shafts is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress. Broken into parts: SHAFTS.

Pronunciation from CMUdict; meaning and origin adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).