How To Pronounce Summary

In British English, summary is pronounced /ˈsʌm.ə.ri/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈsʌ̃m.ə.ri]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈsʌm.ə.ri/.

Summary has three 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.