How To Pronounce Coordinate

In British English, coordinate is pronounced /kəʊˈɔː.dɪ.nət/ or /kəʊˈɔː.dɪ.nɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kəʊˈɔːʴ.dɪ.nət̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /koʊˈɔːr.də.nət/.

Coordinate has four syllables, and the main stress falls on the second 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.