How To Pronounce Autonomy

In British English, autonomy is pronounced /ɔːˈtɒn.ə.mi/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɔːˈtʰʷɒ̃n.ə.mi]. In American English, it is pronounced /ɔːˈtɑːn.ə.mi/.

Autonomy has four syllables, and the main stress falls on the second 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.