How To Pronounce Delegate

The stress in delegate moves depending on how the word is used.

Noun. It is /ˈdel.ɪ.ɡət/ or /ˈdel.ɪ.ɡɪt/ in British English and /ˈdel.ɪ.ɡət/ in American English with the main stress on the first syllable, as in “a delegate”.

Verb. It is /ˈdel.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ in British English and /ˈdel.ə.ɡeɪt/ in American English with the main stress on the first syllable, as in “to delegate”.

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.