How To Pronounce Diagnose

In British English, diagnose is pronounced /ˈdaɪ.əɡ.nəʊz/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈdaɪ.əɡ.nəʊz]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈdaɪ.əɡ.noʊs/.

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