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Breakfast Pronunciation
Breakfast is pronounced BREK-fuhst, IPA /ˈbrɛkfəst/.
BREK-fuhst
US /ˈbrɛkfəst/ · UK /ˈbrɛkfəst/
Syllables: BREK · fuhst (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: The first meal of the day.
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Breakfast in a Sentence
- Breakfast is served until half past ten.
- She skips breakfast and regrets it by eleven.
- We talked the whole thing over at breakfast.
Common Mispronunciations of Breakfast
Not BRAYK-fast
Both halves lose their obvious vowels once they are joined. Break shortens to brek and fast flattens to fuhst, which is what centuries of saying the word quickly have done to it.
Not brek-FAST
Weight belongs to the opening and the second beat has no length at all. A loud ending makes the compound sound like two separate words.
Tip: The word really is break plus fast, the breaking of the overnight fast, but neither part is said the way it looks.
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