How To Pronounce Climate

In British English, climate is pronounced /ˈklaɪ.mət/ or /ˈklaɪ.mɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkl̥aɪ.mət̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈklaɪ.mət/.

Climate 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.