How To Pronounce Resident

In British English, resident is pronounced /ˈrez.ɪ.dənt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈrez.ɪ.də̃nt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈrez.ə.dənt/.

Resident has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the first 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.