How To Pronounce February

In British English, February is pronounced /ˈfeb.ru.ə.ri/ or /ˈfeb.ju.ə.ri/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈfeb.rʷu.ə.ri]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈfeb.ru.er.i/.

February has four 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.