How To Pronounce Volleyball

In British English, volleyball is pronounced /ˈvɒl.i.bɔːl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈvʷɒl.i.bʷɔːɫ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈvɑːl.i.bɔːl/.

Volleyball 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.