How To Pronounce Eliminate

In British English, eliminate is pronounced /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɪˈlɪ̃m.ɪ.neɪt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ɪˈlɪm.ə.neɪt/.

Eliminate has four syllables, and the main stress falls on the second 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.