imitate
I-ma-TAYT
imatayt in Ingglish
IPA /ˈɪməˌteɪt/ · 3 syllables
How “imitate” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | i | m | i | t | a | t | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | i | m | a | t | ay | t | — |
“imitate” sound by sound
| Ingglish | i | m | a | t | ay | t |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɪ/ | /m/ | /ə/ | /t/ | /eɪ/ | /t/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 7 letters: 3 vowels /ɪ/, /ə/, /eɪ/ and 3 consonants /m/, /t/, /t/
- Syllables
- 3 — I · ma · TAYT, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.9 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #12,436 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɪməteɪt/
“imitate” — questions & answers
How do you spell “imitate”?
I-M-I-T-A-T-E in English; “imatayt” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “imitate”?
I-ma-TAYT — IPA /ˈɪməˌteɪt/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “imitate”?
/ˈɪməˌteɪt/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.