How To Pronounce Pyramid

In British English, pyramid is pronounced /ˈpɪr.ə.mɪd/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈpʰɪr.ə.mɪd̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈpɪr.ə.mɪd/.

Pyramid 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.