How To Pronounce Eloquent

In British English, eloquent is pronounced /ˈel.ə.kwənt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈel.ə.kʷw̥ə̃nt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈel.ə.kwənt/.

Eloquent has three 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.