How To Pronounce Dormitory

In British English, dormitory is pronounced /ˈdɔː.mɪ.tri/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈdʷɔːʴ.mɪ.tr̥i]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈdɔːr.məˌtɔːr.i/.

Dormitory 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.