How To Pronounce Mediterranean

In British English, Mediterranean is pronounced /ˌmed.ɪ.təˈreɪ.ni.ən/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌmed.ɪ.təˈreɪ.ni.ə̃n]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˌmed.ə.t̯əˈreɪ.ni.ən/.

Mediterranean has six syllables, and the main stress falls on the fourth 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.