How To Pronounce Scientist

In British English, scientist is pronounced /ˈsaɪ.ən.tɪst/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈsaɪ.ə̃n.tɪst̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈsaɪ.ən.t̯ɪst/.

Scientist 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.