How To Pronounce Drastic
drastic
UK
Phonemic
/ˈdræs.tɪk/
Phonetic
[ˈdræs.tɪk̚]
US
Phonemic
/ˈdræs.tɪk/
In British English, drastic is pronounced /ˈdræs.tɪk/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈdræs.tɪk̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈdræs.tɪk/.
Drastic 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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