How To Pronounce Bankrupt

In British English, bankrupt is pronounced /ˈbæŋk.rʌpt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈbæ̃ŋk.rʌpt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈbæŋk.rʌpt/.

Bankrupt has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

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.