How To Pronounce Candidate

In British English, candidate is pronounced /ˈkæn.dɪ.dət/ or /ˈkæn.dɪ.dɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkʰæ̃n.dɪ.dət̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈkæn.də.deɪt/.

Candidate 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.