How To Pronounce Father

In British English, father is pronounced /ˈfɑː.ðə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈfɑː.ðəʴ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈfɑː.ðər/.

Father has two 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.