How To Pronounce Infant
infant
UK
Phonemic
/ˈɪn.fənt/
Phonetic
[ˈɪ̃n.fə̃nt̚]
US
Phonemic
/ˈɪn.fənt/
In British English, infant is pronounced /ˈɪn.fənt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈɪ̃n.fə̃nt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈɪn.fənt/.
Infant 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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