How To Pronounce Discipline

In British English, discipline is pronounced /ˈdɪs.ɪ.plɪn/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈdɪs.ɪ.pl̥ɪ̃n]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈdɪs.ə.plɪn/.

Discipline 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.