How To Pronounce Conscience

In British English, conscience is pronounced /ˈkɒn.ʃəns/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkʰʷɒ̃n.ʃə̃ns]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈkɑːn.ʃəns/.

Conscience has two 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.