How To Pronounce Aluminium

In British English, aluminium is pronounced /ˌæl.jʊˈmɪn.i.əm/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌæl.jʷʊˈmɪ̃n.i.ə̃m]. In American English, it is pronounced /əˈluː.mə.nəm/.

Aluminium has five syllables, and the main stress falls on the third 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.