How To Pronounce Tribute
tribute
UK
Phonemic
/ˈtrɪb.juːt/
Phonetic
[ˈtr̥ɪb.jʷuːt̚]
US
Phonemic
/ˈtrɪb.juːt/
In British English, tribute is pronounced /ˈtrɪb.juːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈtr̥ɪb.jʷuːt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈtrɪb.juːt/.
Tribute 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.
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