How To Pronounce Delight
delight
UK
Phonemic
/dɪˈlaɪt/
Phonetic
[dɪˈlaɪt̚]
US
Phonemic
/dɪˈlaɪt/
In British English, delight is pronounced /dɪˈlaɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [dɪˈlaɪt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /dɪˈlaɪt/.
Delight has two 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.
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