How To Pronounce Artist

In British English, artist is pronounced /ˈɑː.tɪst/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈɑːʴ.tɪst̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈɑːr.t̯ɪst/.

Artist has two 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.