How To Pronounce Dormant

In British English, dormant is pronounced /ˈdɔː.mənt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈdʷɔːʴ.mə̃nt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈdɔːr.mənt/.

Dormant has two 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.