English pronunciation · Words Starting with S
Street Pronunciation
Street is pronounced STREET, IPA /ˈstrit/.
STREET
US /ˈstrit/ · UK /ˈstriːt/
Syllables: STREET (1 syllable)
noun: A public road in a town or city, usually with buildings along it.
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Street in a Sentence
- They live on a quiet street behind the market.
- Every street in the old quarter is cobbled.
- I met him on the street outside the bank.
Common Mispronunciations of Street
Not TREET
An s has to come first. Without it the word is treat, and the two differ by nothing else.
Not suh-TREET
Three consonants open this with no vowel hiding among them. Speakers of Arabic and Japanese often insert one, which adds a beat the word does not have.
Tip: Street is abbreviated to St in addresses, but nobody says the letters when reading one aloud.
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