How To Pronounce Vinegar

In British English, vinegar is pronounced /ˈvɪn.ɪ.ɡə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈvɪ̃n.ɪ.ɡə]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈvɪn.ɪ.ɡər/.

Vinegar has three 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.