How To Pronounce Appetite

In British English, appetite is pronounced /ˈæp.ɪ.taɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈæp.ɪ.taɪt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈæp.əˌtaɪt/.

Appetite 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.