How To Pronounce Generate

In British English, generate is pronounced /ˈdʒen.ə.reɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈdʒẽn.ə.reɪt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈdʒen.ə.reɪt/.

Generate has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

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.