How To Pronounce Proposal

In British English, proposal is pronounced /prəˈpəʊ.zəl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [pr̥əˈpʰəʊ.zl̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /prəˈpoʊ.zəl/.

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