How To Pronounce Equivalent

In British English, equivalent is pronounced /ɪˈkwɪv.ə.lənt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɪˈkʷw̥ɪv.ə.lə̃nt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ɪˈkwɪv.ə.lənt/.

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