How To Pronounce Pomegranate

In British English, pomegranate is pronounced /ˈpɒm.ɪ.ɡræn.ɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈpʰʷɒ̃m.ɪ.ɡræ̃n.ɪt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈpɑːm.ɡræn.ɪt/.

Pomegranate 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.