How To Pronounce Deviate

In British English, deviate is pronounced /ˈdiː.vi.eɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈdiː.vi.eɪt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈdiː.vi.eɪt/.

Deviate has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the first 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.