trap-bath split

English

An example of the trap–bath split

Pronunciation

With the split — enPR: trăp′ bäth′ splĭt′

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæp ˈbɑːθ ˌsplɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæp ˈbɑθ ˌsplɪt/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæp ˈbɒθ ˌsplɪt/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæp ˈbɐːθ ˌsplɪt/

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• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛp ˈbaːθ ˌsplət/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹap ˈbaθ ˌsplɪt/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈʈɾæp ˈbaːt̪ ˌspliʈ/

Without the split — enPR: trăp′ băth′ splĭt′

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæp ˈbæθ ˌsplɪt/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛp ˈbɛθ ˌsplət/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹap ˈbaθ ˌsplɪt/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈʈɾæp ˈbæt̪ ˌspliʈ/

Noun

the trap–bath split (uncountable)

2. (linguistics) A vowel split in some varieties of English (such as British English as spoken in southern England, American English spoken in Boston, and Australian, New Zealand and South African English) in which the phoneme /æ/ (AHD: ă), as pronounced in other varieties of English, is pronounced in some words as /ɑː/ (AHD: ä).

See also

• æ-tensing
• bad-lad split