How To Pronounce Dragon
dragon
UK
Phonemic
/ˈdræɡ.ən/
Phonetic
[ˈdræɡ.n̩]
US
Phonemic
/ˈdræɡ.ən/
In British English, dragon is pronounced /ˈdræɡ.ən/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈdræɡ.n̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈdræɡ.ən/.
Dragon 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.
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