How To Pronounce Military

In British English, military is pronounced /ˈmɪl.ɪ.tri/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈmɪl.ɪ.tr̥i]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈmɪl.əˌter.i/.

Military 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.