How To Pronounce Diploma

In British English, diploma is pronounced /dɪˈpləʊ.mə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [dɪˈpl̥əʊ.mə]. In American English, it is pronounced /dɪˈploʊ.mə/.

Diploma has three 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.