How To Pronounce Trivial

In British English, trivial is pronounced /ˈtrɪv.i.əl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈtr̥ɪv.i.əɫ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈtrɪv.i.əl/.

Trivial 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.