How To Pronounce Defiance

In British English, defiance is pronounced /dɪˈfaɪ.əns/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [dɪˈfaɪ.ə̃ns]. In American English, it is pronounced /dɪˈfaɪ.əns/.

Defiance 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.