How To Pronounce Transport

transport

stress changes
Noun
UK
Phonemic
/ˈtræn.spɔːt/
Phonetic
[ˈtr̥æ̃n.spʷɔːʴt̚]
US
Phonemic
/ˈtræn.spɔːrt/
Verb
UK
Phonemic
/trænˈspɔːt/
Phonetic
[tr̥æ̃nˈspʷɔːʴt̚]
US
Phonemic
/trænˈspɔːrt/

The stress in transport moves depending on how the word is used.

Noun. It is /ˈtræn.spɔːt/ in British English and /ˈtræn.spɔːrt/ in American English with the main stress on the first syllable, as in “public transport”.

Verb. It is /trænˈspɔːt/ in British English and /trænˈspɔːrt/ in American English with the main stress on the second syllable, as in “to transport”.

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.

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