How To Pronounce Camel

In British English, camel is pronounced /ˈkæm.əl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkʰæ̃m.əɫ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈkæm.əl/.

Camel 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.