How to pronounce path

Say it like this: [pʰäːθ]. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.

American[pʰäːθ]
British[pʰɑːθ]

What does path mean?

nounA trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.

“Yet ere to to-morrow's ſun ſhall ſhew his head, / The dewy paths of meadows we will tread, / For crowns and chaplets to adorn thy head.”

A course taken.

“the path of a meteor, of a caravan, or of a storm”

A metaphorical course or route; progress.

“⁠But thou and I have shaken hands, ⁠Till growing winters lay me low; ⁠My paths are in the fields I know, And thine in undiscover’d lands.”

verbTo make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).

To navigate through a file system directory tree (to a desired file or folder).

“Next, you need to path to the location of the executable and run it from there.”

To pathfind.

Practise saying path out loud with your AI English tutor, or look up any other word.

Look up more words

Other words to practise

pastpatpatchpatentpatientpatternpaypaying

Pronunciations and meanings from Wiktionary via kaikki.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings by Wikimedia Commons contributors. This page is shared under the same license.