How To Pronounce Greedy
greedy
UK
Phonemic
/ˈɡriː.di/
Phonetic
[ˈɡriː.di]
US
Phonemic
/ˈɡriː.di/
In British English, greedy is pronounced /ˈɡriː.di/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈɡriː.di]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈɡriː.di/.
Greedy has two 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.
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