How To Pronounce Accumulate

In British English, accumulate is pronounced /əˈkjuː.mjʊ.leɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [əˈkj̥ʷuː.mjʷʊ.leɪt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /əˈkjuː.mjə.leɪt/.

Accumulate has four syllables, and the main stress falls on the second syllable. The British and American pronunciations are different, so listen to both.

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.