How To Pronounce Liverpool

In British English, Liverpool is pronounced /ˈlɪv.ə.puːl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈlɪv.ə.pʷuːɫ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈlɪv.ər.puːl/.

Liverpool 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.