How To Pronounce Minute

In British English, minute is pronounced /ˈmɪn.ɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈmɪ̃n.ɪt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈmɪn.ɪt/.

Minute 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.