How To Pronounce Protest

The stress in protest moves depending on how the word is used.

Noun. It is /ˈprəʊ.test/ in British English and /ˈproʊˌtest/ in American English with the main stress on the first syllable, as in “a protest”.

Verb. It is /prəˈtest/ in British English and /prəˈtest/ in American English with the main stress on the second syllable, as in “to protest”.

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.