How To Pronounce Gesture

In British English, gesture is pronounced /ˈdʒes.tʃə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈdʒes.tʃəʴ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈdʒes.tʃər/.

Gesture 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.