How To Pronounce Currency

In British English, currency is pronounced /ˈkʌr.ən.si/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkʰʌr.ə̃n.si]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈkɜːr.ən.si/.

Currency has three 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.