How To Pronounce Nicholas

In British English, Nicholas is pronounced /ˈnɪk.ə.ləs/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈnɪk.ə.ləs]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈnɪk.ə.ləs/.

Nicholas has three 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.