How To Pronounce Subsidy

In British English, subsidy is pronounced /ˈsʌb.sɪ.di/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈsʌb.sɪ.di]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈsʌb.sə.di/.

Subsidy 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.