How To Pronounce Contribute

In British English, contribute is pronounced /kənˈtrɪb.juːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kə̃nˈtr̥ɪb.jʷuːt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /kənˈtrɪb.juːt/.

Contribute has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the second 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.