How To Pronounce Warsaw

In British English, Warsaw is pronounced /ˈwɔː.sɔː/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈwɔːʴ.sʷɔː]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈwɔːr.sɔː/.

Warsaw 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.