How To Pronounce Garbage

In British English, garbage is pronounced /ˈɡɑː.bɪdʒ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈɡɑːʴ.bɪdʒ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈɡɑːr.bɪdʒ/.

Garbage 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.