How To Pronounce Missionary

In British English, missionary is pronounced /ˈmɪʃ.ən.ər.i/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈmɪʃ.ə̃n.ər.i]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈmɪʃ.ə.ner.i/.

Missionary has four 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.