How To Pronounce Miniature

In British English, miniature is pronounced /ˈmɪn.ɪ.tʃə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈmɪ̃n.ɪ.tʃə]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈmɪn.ə.tʃər/.

Miniature 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.