How To Pronounce Splendid

In British English, splendid is pronounced /ˈsplen.dɪd/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈspl̥ẽn.dɪd̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈsplen.dɪd/.

Splendid has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first 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.