How To Pronounce Fantasy

In British English, fantasy is pronounced /ˈfæn.tə.si/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈfæ̃n.tə.si]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈfæn.t̯ə.si/.

Fantasy 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.