How To Pronounce Mary

In British English, Mary is pronounced /ˈmeə.ri/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈmeə.ri]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈmer.i/.

Mary has two 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.