How To Pronounce Irony

In British English, irony is pronounced /ˈaɪə.rə.ni/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈaɪə.rə.ni]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈaɪ.rə.ni/.

Irony has three 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.