How To Pronounce Democracy

In British English, democracy is pronounced /dɪˈmɒk.rə.si/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [dɪˈmʷɒk.rə.si]. In American English, it is pronounced /dɪˈmɑːk.rə.si/.

Democracy has four syllables, and the main stress falls on the second 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.