How To Pronounce Specific

In British English, specific is pronounced /spəˈsɪf.ɪk/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [spəˈsɪf.ɪk̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /spəˈsɪf.ɪk/.

Specific has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the second 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.