How To Pronounce Premise

In British English, premise is pronounced /ˈprem.ɪs/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈpr̥ẽm.ɪs]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈprem.ɪs/.

Premise has two 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.