How To Pronounce Absolute

In British English, absolute is pronounced /ˈæb.sə.luːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈæb.sə.lʷuːt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈæb.sə.luːt/.

Absolute has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.