How To Pronounce District

In British English, district is pronounced /ˈdɪs.trɪkt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈdɪs.tr̥ɪkt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈdɪs.trɪkt/.

District has two 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.