How To Pronounce Reporter

In British English, reporter is pronounced /rɪˈpɔː.tə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [rɪˈpʰʷɔːʴ.təʴ]. In American English, it is pronounced /rɪˈpɔːr.t̯ər/.

Reporter 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.