How To Pronounce Eminent

In British English, eminent is pronounced /ˈem.ɪ.nənt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈẽm.ɪ.nə̃nt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈem.ə.nənt/.

Eminent 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.