baguette
noun · a long, thin loaf of French bread
- babæ
- GETɡet (stressed)
- babæ
- GETɡet (stressed)
- US /bæˈɡet/ba-GET Recorded voice
- UK /bæˈɡet/ba-GET Your device’s voice
How to pronounce baguette
Baguette is pronounced ba-GET, with two syllables and the stress on the second. The ue is silent and the end rhymes with get. American and British English say it the same way.
- 2 syllables
- Stress on GET
- US and UK IPA
- Checked in Cambridge and Oxford
IPA checked in the Cambridge Dictionary and Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries. The recording is American English.
Baguette, sound by sound
Each sound in the IPA, with a word you already know that has it.
USUK American and British English/bæˈɡet/
ba
- /b/as in bad
- /æ/as in cat
GETstressed
- /ɡ/as in get
- /e/as in bed
- /t/as in tea
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Common baguette pronunciation mistakes
What people often say instead, and how to fix it. Say ba-GET.
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ba-GAYTReading ette as ayt. It is the short e of get.
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BAG-etStressing the first syllable. The stress is on GET.
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ba-GWETSaying the u. After the g it is silent.
Baguette in a sentence
Hear each one, slow it down, then say it. Words change a little when they join others, so practise them in sentences too.
I bought a fresh baguette at the bakery.
She cut the baguette into thin slices.
He carried a baguette under his arm.
How do you say baguette?
Baguette has two syllables: ba and GET. The u after the g is silent and only keeps the g hard. The final -ette is the same sound as in the English word get.
The word is French, from the Italian bacchetta, a small stick. A baguette is, literally, a little stick of bread. The Italian word comes from bacchio, a rod.
Learners sometimes say the u, as in ba-GWET, or stress the first syllable. Both are wrong. Say a short ba, then land on GET with the stress.
Words that sound like baguette
Rhymes and words that share its tricky sound. Open any of them in the checker and say it.
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