How To Pronounce Centimetre

In British English, centimetre is pronounced /ˈsen.tɪ.miː.tə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈsẽn.tɪ.miː.tə]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈsen.t̯ə.miː.t̯ər/.

Centimetre has four 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.