How To Pronounce Italy

In British English, Italy is pronounced /ˈɪt.ə.li/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈɪt.ə.li]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈɪt.ə.li/.

Italy 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.