How to Pronounce "lay over"
expression
ˈɫeɪ/ /ˈoʊvɝ
LAY-oh-ver
lˈeɪ/ /ˈəʊvɐ
LAY-oh-vuh
Definition
To stop for a period of time during a journey, especially when traveling by plane, before continuing to your final destination.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈɫeɪ/ /ˈoʊvɝ
British English
lˈeɪ/ /ˈəʊvɐ
Simplified Pronunciation
US
LAY-oh-ver
UK
LAY-oh-vuh
Listen in Context
We will lay over in Dubai for six hours before our connecting flight.
The bus will lay over for lunch at the rest stop.
Our train will lay over in Chicago overnight.
We had to lay over in Frankfurt because our flight got delayed.