How To Pronounce Funeral

In British English, funeral is pronounced /ˈfjuː.nə.rəl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈfj̥ʷuː.nə.rəɫ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈfjuː.nər.əl/.

Funeral 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.