How To Pronounce Objective

In British English, objective is pronounced /əbˈdʒek.tɪv/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [əbˈdʒek.tɪv]. In American English, it is pronounced /əbˈdʒek.tɪv/.

Objective has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the second 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.