How To Pronounce Tuna

In British English, tuna is pronounced /ˈtjuː.nə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈtj̥ʷuː.nə]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈtuː.nə/.

Tuna has two 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.