How To Pronounce Privilege

In British English, privilege is pronounced /ˈprɪv.ə.lɪdʒ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈpr̥ɪv.ə.lɪdʒ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈprɪv.ə.lɪdʒ/.

Privilege 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.