How To Pronounce Signpost

In British English, signpost is pronounced /ˈsaɪn.pəʊst/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈsaɪ̃n.pəʊst̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈsaɪn.poʊst/.

Signpost has two 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.