How To Pronounce Empty
empty
UK
Phonemic
/ˈemp.ti/
Phonetic
[ˈẽmp.ti]
US
Phonemic
/ˈemp.ti/
In British English, empty is pronounced /ˈemp.ti/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈẽmp.ti]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈemp.ti/.
Empty 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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