How To Pronounce Macaroni

In British English, macaroni is pronounced /ˌmæk.əˈrəʊ.ni/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌmæk.əˈrəʊ.ni]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˌmæk.əˈroʊ.ni/.

Macaroni has four syllables, and the main stress falls on the third 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.