How To Pronounce Animation

In British English, animation is pronounced /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌæ̃n.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃn̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˌæn.əˈmeɪ.ʃən/.

Animation has four 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.