How To Pronounce Acquaintance

In British English, acquaintance is pronounced /əˈkweɪn.təns/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [əˈkʷw̥eɪ̃n.tə̃ns]. In American English, it is pronounced /əˈkweɪn.t̯əns/.

Acquaintance has three 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.