How To Pronounce Amateur

In British English, amateur is pronounced /ˈæm.ə.tə/ or /ˈæm.ə.tʃʊə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈæ̃m.ə.tə]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈæm.ə.tʃər/.

Amateur has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the first 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.