How To Pronounce Magic
magic
UK
Phonemic
/ˈmædʒ.ɪk/
Phonetic
[ˈmædʒ.ɪk̚]
US
Phonemic
/ˈmædʒ.ɪk/
In British English, magic is pronounced /ˈmædʒ.ɪk/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈmædʒ.ɪk̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈmædʒ.ɪk/.
Magic 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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