How To Pronounce Estimate

The stress in estimate moves depending on how the word is used.

Noun. It is /ˈes.tɪ.mət/ or /ˈes.tɪ.mɪt/ in British English and /ˈes.tə.mət/ in American English with the main stress on the first syllable, as in “an estimate”.

Verb. It is /ˈes.tɪ.meɪt/ in British English and /ˈes.təˌmeɪt/ in American English with the main stress on the first syllable, as in “to estimate”.

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.