how to pronounce slant

/slɑːnt/

audio example by a male speaker

audio example by a female speaker

the above transcription of slant is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

slant is pronounced in one syllable

press buttons with phonetic symbols to learn how to precisely pronounce each sound of slant

1.

ɑː

example pitch curve for pronunciation of slant

test your pronunciation of slant

press the "test" button to check how closely you can replicate the pitch of a native speaker in your pronunciation of slant

video examples of slant pronunciation

An example use of slant in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… take that as a slant on yourself …”

meaning of slant

Slant means to lean or incline.

slant frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word slant occurs in english on average 1.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics slant can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that slant can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;