How To Pronounce Kingdom
kingdom
UK
Phonemic
/ˈkɪŋ.dəm/
Phonetic
[ˈkʰɪ̃ŋ.də̃m]
US
Phonemic
/ˈkɪŋ.dəm/
In British English, kingdom is pronounced /ˈkɪŋ.dəm/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkʰɪ̃ŋ.də̃m]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈkɪŋ.dəm/.
Kingdom 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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