How To Pronounce Patricia

In British English, Patricia is pronounced /pəˈtrɪʃ.ə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [pəˈtr̥ɪʃ.ə]. In American English, it is pronounced /pəˈtrɪʃ.ə/.

Patricia 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.