How To Pronounce Crystal

In British English, crystal is pronounced /ˈkrɪs.təl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkr̥ɪs.tl̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈkrɪs.təl/.

Crystal 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.