How To Pronounce Circulate

In British English, circulate is pronounced /ˈsɜː.kjʊ.leɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈsɜːʴ.kj̥ʷʊ.leɪt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈsɜːr.kjə.leɪt/.

Circulate 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.